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streaker

Variant of streak

noun

  1. a line or long, thin mark; stripe or smear, generally differing in color or texture from the surrounding area
  2. a ray of light or a flash, as of lightning
  3. a vein or stratum of a mineral
  4. a layer, as of fat in meat
  5. a strain, element, or tendency in behavior, temperament, etc.; trait: a jealous streak
  6. ☆ a period, spell, or series: a streak of bad luck, a streak of losses
  7. Bacteriology an inoculum placed, as in a line, on a solid culture medium
  8. Mineralogy a colored line of powder produced by rubbing a mineral over a hard, white surface (): it serves as a distinguishing character

transitive verb

  1. to make streaks on or in; mark with streaks
  2. to make usually lighter streaks in (hair) with a coloring agent

intransitive verb

  1. to form streaks; become streaked
  2. to move at high speed; go fast; hurry
  3. ☆ to dash naked in public as a prank

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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