streaking
present participle ofstreak
streak
verb
uk/striːk/us/striːk/streakverb(MOVE FAST)
[Iusually+ adv/prep]
tomovesomewhereextremelyquickly, usually in astraightline:
Themotorbikestreaked offdownthestreet.
Did youseethatbirdstreakpastthewindow?
to move fast
- speedHe ran back to his car and sped off.
- raceShe raced over and hugged me.
- flyShe flew across the room just in time to stop the baby falling off the chair.
- beltUKTraffic was belting along the motorway.
- tearA fire truck came tearing down the road.
- streakBullets streaked across the sky.
Moving quickly
- agility
- beetle
- bowl down/alongsomething
- careen
- career
- gallop
- gun
- leg
- outsail
- pelt
- rush
- scamper
- scoot
- scrabble
- scramble
- scud
- shoot
- stampede
- ton
- trot
streakverb(RUN NAKED)
[I]
torunnakedthrough apublicplaceinordertoattractattentionor toexpressstrongdisapprovalof something
Moving quickly
- agility
- beetle
- bowl down/alongsomething
- careen
- career
- gallop
- gun
- leg
- outsail
- pelt
- rush
- scamper
- scoot
- scrabble
- scramble
- scud
- shoot
- stampede
- ton
- trot
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Not wearing or removing clothes
Attention-seeking, distracting and showing off
streakverb(MARK)
be streaked
to havelong,thinnoticeablelinesof a differentcolour:
Doesn't Chrislookgood with herhairstreaked?
Herclotheswere streakedwithmud.
Whitemarbleisfrequentlystreakedwithgrey,black, orgreen.
Patterns and shapes
- amorphous
- arabesque
- argyle
- asymmetrically
- asymmetry
- bossy
- filigree
- fishhook
- flecked
- flowery
- formless
- fretted
- herringbone
- oblong
- shapeless
- shapelessly
- shapelessness
- sigmoid
- snow angel
- swoosh
Phrasal verb
streak ahead
Examplesofstreaking
streaking
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Viability tests involvedstreakingof an aliquot of the suspension on sterile plates containing the appropriate nutrient medium for each species.
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This "starburst"streakingleads to a loss in image detail, making it more difficult to identify anatomy and disease.
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Here extensive feeding takes place, and thereby is produced the typicalstreakingand blotching which becomes visible as the foliage grows taller.
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The sample was diluted with a loop using the quadrantstreakingmethod.
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That is the blink of an eyelid for the pilot of a fast jet which isstreakingacross the sky.
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Today we might refer to that as "unisexstreaking".
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We are lagging behind in the provision of fixed equipment for the farmer andstreakingahead regarding tenants' capital.
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They said that it would be a monstrous interference with the freedom of young motor cyclists if they could not rush round with the windstreakingthrough their hair.
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In flight the male has white wings underneath with black barring on the primaries and secondary flight feathers, and lightstreakingon the underwing coverts.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Young birds are paler with more extensive but less distinct breaststreaking.
FromThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The female is similar but duller; she lacks grey on the head and has morestreakingon the face and breast.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The race "albinucha" is duller brown above and has additional whitestreakingon the head.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.If present, foliar symptoms include darkstreakingalong petioles and viscous froth deposits on the crown which are a by-product of bacterial metabolism.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In winter, adults are brighter sandy brown above with weakerstreaking, there is more buff on the sides, and the bill is paler.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The upperparts are pale sandy-brown with some darkerstreakingand the crown is rufous.
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- cross-posting
- cross-promote
- cross-promote
- cross-promoted
- cross-promoted
- cross-promoting
- cross-promoting
- cross-promotion
- cross-promotion
- cross purposes
- cross-purposes
- cross-question
- cross-question
- moment of silence
- moment of silence
- moment-of-truth
- moment-of-weakness
- momentous
- momentous change
- motor output
- motor pathway
- motor pool
- motor-pool
- motor protein
- motor protein