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streaker

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streak  (strk)
n.
1. A line, mark, smear, or band differentiated by color or texture from its surroundings.
2. An inherent, often contrasting quality: "There was a streak of wildness in him" (Olga Carlisle).
3. A ray or flash of light: the first streaks of dawn; a streak of lightning.
4. Informal
a. A brief run or stretch, as of luck.
b. An unbroken series, as of wins or losses.
5. Mineralogy The color of the fine powder produced when a mineral is rubbed against a hard surface. Used as a distinguishing characteristic.
6. Botany Any of various viral diseases of plants characterized by the appearance of discolored stripes on the leaves or stems.
7. Microbiology A bacterial culture inoculated by drawing a bacteria-laden needle across the surface of a solid culture medium.
v. streaked, streak·ing, streaks
v.tr.
1. To mark with streaks: rain streaking the pavement.
2. To lighten (strands of hair) with a chemical preparation.
3. Microbiology To inoculate in order to produce a streak.
v.intr.
1. To form streaks.
2. To be or become streaked.
3. To move at high speed; rush.
4. To run naked in public, especially as a prank.

[Middle English streke, line, from Old English strica; see streig- in Indo-European roots.]

streaker n.
Synonyms: streak, strain2, vein
These nouns denote an inherent, often unexpected quality, as in a person's character: a streak of humor; a strain of melancholy; a vein of stubbornness.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.streaker - someone who takes off all their clothes and runs naked through a public place
exhibitionist, flasher - someone with a compulsive desire to expose the genitals
nude person, nude - a naked person
Translations
streaker [ˈstriːkəʳ] Ncorredor(a) m/f desnudo/a
streaker [ˈstriːkər] nstreaker/euse m/f
streaker
nBlitzer(in) m(f), → Flitzer(in) m(f)
streaker [ˈstriːkəʳ] nstreaker m/f
streaker [ˈstriːkəʳ] nstreaker m/f


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