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The Meaning of streak

  • (v. t.) To stretch; to extend; hence, to lay out, as a dead body.
  • (n.) A line or long mark of a different color from the ground; a stripe; a vein.
  • (n.) A strake.
  • (n.) The fine powder or mark yielded by a mineral when scratched or rubbed against a harder surface, the color of which is sometimes a distinguishing character.
  • (n.) The rung or round of a ladder.
  • (v. t.) To form streaks or stripes in or on; to stripe; to variegate with lines of a different color, or of different colors.
  • (v. t.) With it as an object: To run swiftly.

Homophones

streek

Rhymes

antique , ashcreek , baek , batik , beak , beeck , beek , belgique , bespeak , bleak , boutique , cacique , cheek , chesapeake , chic , cleek , clique , creak , creek , critique , deike , dieck , dominique , eke , electrique , feick , fenugreek , fleek , freak , geac , geek , gieck , gleek , greek , grosbeak , henriques , henriquez , kmiec , leak , leake , leek , leick , leveque , manrique , martinique , mcpeek , mediq , meek , midweek , misspeak , monique , mozambique , mystique , nongreek , oblique , paek , peak , peake , peek , physique , pique , reeck , reek , respeak , rieck , riecke , riek , rieke , screak , seaq , seek , sheek , sheik , sheikh , shriek , siek , sikh , sleek , sneak , speak , speake , squeak , steek , streek , tariq , teac , teak , technique , tweak , unique , vanbeek , veronique , weak , week , weick , weik , wieck , workweek , wreak , zeek , zeke