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streaka long, thin mark or stripe of a different color or texture

Part of speech: NOUN

Definition: a long, thin mark or stripe of a different color or texture

Pronunciation (IPA): /striːk/

Korean meaning: 긴 줄무늬, 얼룩

Korean pronunciation: **스트**릭

Example Sentences

  • My cat has a white streak on her black fur that makes her look like she's wearing a tiny tie.
  • The team's winning streak ended when they forgot to bring their lucky mascot.
  • Lightning streaked across the dark sky during the thunderstorm.

streak

NOUN

//striːk//

a long, thin mark or stripe of a different color or texture

streak concept
💡 Concept

The runner extended her winning streak to ten straight races at the stadium.

🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/striːk/
🇬🇧 UK/striːk/

🌳Etymology

Rootstreak

Origin

고대 영어 'strica'에서 유래되었으며, 이는 '선, 표시'를 의미했습니다. 게르만어족의 뿌리를 가지고 있으며, 독일어 'Strich(선)'와 같은 어원을 공유합니다.

🎵Rhyme

peakspeakweakleakseek
peak
speak
weak
leak
seek

🔗Collocations

winning streak
losing streak
streak of lightning
streak across
hot streak
streak past

📝Examples

😄 Fun example

My cat has a white streak on her black fur that makes her look like she's wearing a tiny tie.

😄 Fun example

The team's winning streak ended when they forgot to bring their lucky mascot.

Lightning streaked across the dark sky during the thunderstorm.

He had a rebellious streak that made him dye his hair purple.

📚Related Words

Synonyms

stripelinemarkbandseries

Antonyms

breakinterruptionpause

Related

strikestrokestreamstringstretch

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