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1. Move quickly in a straight line
   "The plane streaked across the sky"
    
2. Run naked in a public place
    
3. Mark with spots or blotches of different colour or shades of colour as if stained
   - mottle, blotch

1. An unbroken series of events
   "had a streak of bad luck";
   - run
    
2. A distinctive characteristic
   "he has a stubborn streak"; "a streak of wildness"
    
3. A narrow marking of a different colour or texture from the background
   "a green toad with small black streaks or bars";
   - stripe, bar
    
4. A sudden flash (as of lightning)

Derived forms: streaked, streaks, streaking

Type of: characteristic, color [US], color in [US], colorise [Brit], colorize [US], colour [Brit, Cdn], colour in [Brit, Cdn], colourise [Brit], colourize [Brit, Cdn], flash, marking, move, run, succession

Encyclopedia: Streak