streak
/stɹiːk/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.06 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A continuous series of like events.
noun
A continuous series of like events.
noun
A continuous series of like events.
noun
A continuous series of like events.
noun
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.
noun
A moth of the family Geometridae, Chesias legatella.
Example Sentences
- "'Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed."
- "The picture I took out the car window had streaks."
- "A streak of light on the horizon."
- "I hope I can keep up this streak of accomplishments."
- "I was on a winning streak until the fourth game, when I was dealt terrible cards."
- "Out went conversation in favour of fast and more immediate pleasures. We migrated on to texts, voice notes, emojis and the Snapchat “streak”."
Etymology
From Middle English streke, from Old English strica, from Proto-Germanic *strikiz, from Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (“line”). Related to North Frisian strijck, Old Saxon striki, Middle Low German streke, Low German streek, Danish streg, Swedish streck, Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk strek, Icelandic stryk, strykr, Dutch streek, Afrikaans streek, Old High German strih, German Strich, Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌺𐍃 (striks).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *streyg-, streke, strica, *strikiz