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- [streek]
- /strik/
- /striːk/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [streek]
- /strik/
Definitions of streak word
- noun streak a long, narrow mark, smear, band of color, or the like: streaks of mud. 1
- noun streak a portion or layer of something, distinguished by color or nature from the rest; a vein or stratum: streaks of fat in meat. 1
- noun streak a vein, strain, or admixture of anything: a streak of humor. 1
- noun streak Informal. a spell or run: a streak of good luck. an uninterrupted series: The team had a losing streak of ten games. 1
- noun streak a flash leaving a visible line or aftereffect, as of lightning; bolt. 1
- noun streak Mineralogy. the line of powder obtained by scratching a mineral or rubbing it upon a hard, rough white surface, often differing in color from the mineral in the mass, and serving as an important distinguishing character. 1
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Origin of streak
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; (noun) Middle English streke, akin to strike, Old English strica stroke, line, mark; cognate with German Strich, Gothic striks stroke, Latin strigil strigil; (v.) late Middle English streken to cross out, derivative of the noun (akin to strike, stroke1)
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Parts of speech for Streak
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
streak popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
streak usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for streak
verb streak
- barreling — a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- barrelled — a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- barrelling — a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- bespatter — to splash all over, as with dirty water
- bespeckle — to mark with speckles
noun streak
- beam — If you say that someone is beaming, you mean that they have a big smile on their face because they are happy, pleased, or proud about something.
- bedazzlement — to impress forcefully, especially so as to make oblivious to faults or shortcomings: Audiences were bedazzled by her charm.
- breath — Your breath is the air that you let out through your mouth when you breathe. If someone has bad breath, their breath smells unpleasant.
- capillaries — pertaining to or occurring in or as if in a tube of fine bore.
- capillary — Capillaries are tiny blood vessels in your body.
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