streak

Definitions

• An irregular line left from smearing or motion.
• A continuous series of like events.
• 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.
• A moth of the family Geometridae, .
• A tendency or characteristic, but not a dominant or pervasive one.
• (shipbuilding) A strake.
• A rung or round of a ladder.
• The act of streaking, or running naked through a public area