A Quick and Simple Dictionary

streak

1. Noun.  An irregular line left from smearing or motion.
2. Noun.  A continuous series of like events.
3. 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.
4. Noun.  A moth of the family Geometridae ''Chesias legatella'' (see w:Streak (moth)).
5. Noun.  A tendency or characteristic, but not a dominant or pervasive one.
6. Verb.  (intransitive) to have or obtain streaks.
7. Verb.  (intransitive, slang) to run naked in public.
8. Verb.  (transitive) to create streaks.
9. Verb.  (transitive) To move very swiftly.