Betekenis van streak In het Nederlands

• 0 a long, thin mark that is easily noticed because it is very different from the area surrounding it:

  • The window cleaner left dirty streaks on the windows.

  • I dye my hair to hide my grey streaks.

  • Meteors produce streaks of light as they burn up in the earth's atmosphere.

• 1 an often unpleasant characteristic that is very different from other characteristics:

  • Her stubborn streak makes her very difficult to work with sometimes.

  • You need to have a competitive streak when you're working in marketing.

• 2 a short period of good or bad luck:

  • I just hope my lucky streak continues until the world championships.

  • Their longest losing streak has been three games.

  • After winning a couple of bets, he thought he was on a winning streak.

• 3 something that happens or is done over a period of time without a break:

  • The thunderstorm ended a streak of 90 days without any rain.

  • She asked me if I would start a streak with her on Snapchat.

• 4 to move somewhere extremely quickly, usually in a straight line:

  • The motorbike streaked off down the street.

  • Did you see that bird streak past the window?

• 5 to run naked through a public place in order to attract attention or to express strong disapproval of something

• 6 to have long, thin noticeable lines of a different colour:

  • Doesn't Chris look good with her hair streaked?

  • Her clothes were streaked with mud.

  • White marble is frequently streaked with grey, black, or green.

• 7 a mark of a color that is different from what surrounds it, or a thin strip of light:

  • Streaks of gray and black colored the marble.

  • The comet appeared as a dazzling streak in the sky.

• 8 an obvious characteristic in a personality:

  • He seems to have a mean streak that I hadn’t noticed before.

• 9 a period during which a series of things happens:

  • What will the team do after this memorable eight-game winning streak?

• 10 to move quickly:

  • The space shuttle rose from its launching pad and streaked into the sky.

• 11 to make lines of a different color in or on something:

  • Her cheeks were streaked with sweat and dirt.

• 12 a period of time during which something continues to happen, for example to go up or down in value or to succeed or fail:

  • a streak of sth Stocks tumbled Thursday, ending a three-session streak of record highs.

  • a winning/losing streak Wall Street broke a three-day losing streak as the Dow closed up 137.33 points at 9188.15.

• 13 a part of someone's personality:

  • an ambitous/competitive/independent streak

  • a streak of determination/independence/arrogance