Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

blue streak

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.03 in modern English

Syllables: blue streak
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A great deal of fast talking, cursing, lying, or similar.

Informal

noun

A trace left by something that is too quick to see.

Example Sentences

"to talk a blue streak"
"interspersing his vehement comments with a ‘blue streak’ of oaths"
"He calmly lied to me a blue streak, and he knew that I knew he was lying"
"This old maid, she had a parrot that cursed a blue streak and knew more vulgar expressions than Mr. Kowalski."
"If you leave your dog alone in your backyard for hours at a time, he may be barking a blue streak, too."
"To pass[…] with such rapidity as not even to leave a ‘blue streak’ behind him"

Etymology

From the afterimage of a stroke of lightning, which looks like a blue streak across the sky.

Usage

Informal

Questions

What does blue streak mean?: A great deal of fast talking, cursing, lying, or similar.
Where does blue streak come from?: From the afterimage of a stroke of lightning, which looks like a blue streak across the sky.

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