📖 Definitions of "Streaks"
- 1
An irregular line left from smearing or motion.
"The picture I took out the car window had streaks."
- 2
A continuous series of like events.
"I hope I can keep up this streak of accomplishments."
- 3
The color of the powder of a mineral. So called, because a simple field test for a mineral is to streak it against unglazed white porcelain.
- 4
A moth of the family Geometridae, Chesias legatella.
- 1
To have or obtain streaks.
"If you clean a window in direct sunlight, it will streak."
- 2
To run naked in public. (Contrast flash)
"It was a pleasant game until some guy went streaking across the field."
- 3
To create streaks.
"You will streak a window by cleaning it in direct sunlight."
- 4
To move very swiftly.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Streaks"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| mottlenoun | (countable) A distinguishing blotch of colour. |
| blotchnoun | An uneven patch of color or discoloration. |
| stripenoun | A long region of a single colour in a repeating pattern of similar regions. |
| runnoun | Act or instance of running, of moving rapidly using the feet. |
| angioidverb | Resembling a blood vessel |
| filetsnoun | (American spelling) Alternative spelling of fillet. [(now rare) A headband; a ribbon or other band used to tie the hair up, or keep a headdress in place, or for decoration.] |
| filletsnoun | A thin strip of any material, in various technical uses. |
| footstepsnoun | The mark or impression left by a foot; a track. |
| glimmersnoun | (intransitive) To shine with a faint, unsteady light. |
| groovesnoun | (music) A pronounced, enjoyable rhythm. |
| linesnoun | (film, theater) Words spoken by the actors. |
| netsnoun | (cricket) A training session before playing a cricket match for both bowlers and batsmen or even backups. |
| nettingnoun | Something that acts as, or looks like, a net. |
| raysnoun | A beam of light or radiation. |
| ridgesnoun | Any extended protuberance; a projecting line or strip. |
| rollsnoun | (informal) Rolls-Royce automobile |
| scratchesnoun | (pathology) Synonym of pastern dermatitis. |
| skatesnoun | A surname. |
| stories | an American early 1970s rock and pop music band based in New York City. |
| striationsnoun | (countable, geomorphology) One of a number of parallel scratch lines in rock outcrops, formed when glaciers dragged rocks across the landscape. |
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