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Definition of Streaks

Streak
Streak Streak, v. t. [Cf. Stretch, Streek.] To stretch; to extend; hence, to lay out, as a dead body. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Streak
Streak Streak, n. [OE. streke; akin to D. streek a line, stroke, G. strich, AS. strica, Sw. strek, Dan. streg, Goth. stricks, and E. strike, stroke. See Strike, Stroke, n., and cf. Strake.] 1. A line or long mark of a different color from the ground; a stripe; a vein. What mean those colored streaks in heaven? --Milton. 2. (Shipbuilding) A strake. 3. (Min.) The fine powder or mark yielded by a mineral when scratched or rubbed against a harder surface, the color of which is sometimes a distinguishing character. 4. The rung or round of a ladder. [Obs.]
Streak
Streak Streak, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Streaked; p. pr. & vb. n. Streaking.] 1. To form streaks or stripes in or on; to stripe; to variegate with lines of a different color, or of different colors. A mule . . . streaked and dappled with white and black. --Sandys. Now streaked and glowing with the morning red. --Prior. 2. With it as an object: To run swiftly. [Colloq.]

Meaning of Streaks from wikipedia

- "perhaps the most famous of all streaks." Linsey Dawn McKenzie, an English glamour model, performed a topless streak at a televised England v. West Indies...
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- This is a list of the longest team winning streaks in Major League Baseball history. Streaks started at the end of one season are carried over into the...
- winning streaks in National Basketball ****ociation (NBA) history are presented on two lists. One list counts only regular-season games, including streaks that...
- winning streaks if their representatives win consecutive games or competitions, even if the competitors are different.[citation needed] Streaks can also...
- Baseball franchise postseason streaks List of NBA franchise post-season streaks List of NFL franchise post-season streaks Diamond, Dan, ed. (2000). Total...
- title Fall streaks. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Fall streaks may refer...
- Angioid streaks, also called Knapp streaks or Knapp striae, are small breaks in Bruch's membrane, an elastic tissue containing membrane of the retina that...
- a list of notable winning streaks in basketball. Oklahoma City University Men’s Basketball (NAIA) has the longest win streak in men’s college basketball...
- Moore's lightning streaks are lightning type streaks (photopsia) (seen to the temporal side) due to sudden head or eye movement in the dark. They are generally...