streak  /strik/

noun

1. an unbroken series of events; "had a streak of bad luck"; "Nicklaus had a run of birdies"

synset: streak, run

2. a distinctive characteristic; "he has a stubborn streak"; "a streak of wildness"

synset: streak

3. a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background; "a green toad with small black stripes or bars"; "may the Stars and Stripes forever wave"

synset: stripe, streak, bar

4. a sudden flash (as of lightning)

synset: streak

verb

1. move quickly in a straight line; "The plane streaked across the sky"

synset: streak

2. run naked in a public place

synset: streak

3. mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained

synset: mottle, streak, blotch

Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

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