Streak vs. Streek
Streaknoun
An irregular line left from smearing or motion.
Streaknoun
A continuous series of like events.
Streaknoun
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.
Streaknoun
A moth of the family Geometridae Chesias legatella.
Streaknoun
A tendency or characteristic, but not a dominant or pervasive one.
Streaknoun
(shipbuilding) A strake.
Streaknoun
A rung or round of a ladder.
Streakverb
(intransitive) To have or obtain streaks.
Streakverb
To run naked in public. Contrast flash
Streakverb
(transitive) To create streaks.
Streakverb
(transitive) To move very swiftly.
Streakverb
To stretch; to extend; hence, to lay out, as a dead body.
Streakverb
To stretch; to extend; hence, to lay out, as a dead body.
Streakverb
To form streaks or stripes in or on; to stripe; to variegate with lines of a different color, or of different colors.
Streakverb
With it as an object: To run swiftly.
Streaknoun
A line or long mark of a different color from the ground; a stripe; a vein.
Streaknoun
A strake.
Streaknoun
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.
Streaknoun
The rung or round of a ladder.
Streaknoun
an unbroken series of events;
Streaknoun
a distinctive characteristic;
Streaknoun
a marking of a different color or texture from the background
Streaknoun
a sudden flash (as of lightning)
Streakverb
move quickly in a straight line;
Streakverb
run naked in a public place
Streakverb
mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained
Streaknoun
a long, thin line or mark of a different substance or colour from its surroundings
Streaknoun
a narrow line of bacteria smeared on the surface of a solid culture medium.
Streaknoun
an element of a specified kind in someone's character
Streaknoun
a continuous period of specified success or luck
Streaknoun
an act of running naked in a public place so as to shock or amuse others
Streakverb
cover (a surface) with streaks
Streakverb
dye (hair) with long, thin lines of a different colour to that of one's natural hair colour
Streakverb
smear (a needle, swab, etc.) over the surface of a solid culture medium to initiate a culture
Streakverb
move very fast in a specified direction
Streakverb
run naked in a public place so as to shock or amuse others
Streekverb
To stretch.
Streekverb
To lay out, as a dead body.
Streekverb
To stretch; also, to lay out, as a dead body. See Streak.
