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Added 9 October 2026

streak

/stɹiːk/ noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about streak at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

An unbroken series of events.
had a streak of bad luck
A distinctive characteristic.
he has a stubborn streak
A narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background.
a green toad with small black stripes or bars

verb

Move quickly in a straight line.
The plane streaked across the sky
Run naked in a public place.
Mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained.

Origin

From Middle English streke, from Old English strica, from Proto-Germanic *strikiz, from Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (“line”). Related to North Frisian strijck, Old Saxon striki, Middle Low German streke, Low German streek, Danish streg, Swedish streck, Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk strek, Icelandic stryk, strykr, Dutch streek, Afrikaans streek, Old High German strih, German Strich, Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌺𐍃 (striks).

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