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to streak

to streak

11 8.6
To run naked in a public place as a joke
  • verb
  • /striːk/
  • Offensive
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  • We're going streaking through the quad and into the gymnasium.
  • go streaking
  • streak naked
  • streak across the stage

Examples

Antonyms

1.0

To put clothes on yourself or someone else

314 3.7

To hide something so people cannot see or find out about it

Compounds

27 3.2

A series of games a player or team does not win

A time when a person or team wins several games in a row

mean streak
  • Informal
7 6.5

A habit of being unkind or cruel to other people

lap-streak
  • Specialized
9.9

Made of overlapping wooden boards that form the boat's bottom and sides

tomato streak
  • Specialized
8.2

A plant disease that makes tomato and other crops have pale lines on leaves and reduces how much they produce

A long time when someone suffers a lot

streak of piss
  • Offensive
9.9

A person who is very afraid and acts in a shameful way

How Indecent

to expose
  • NSFW
56 6.1
to streak
  • Offensive
11 8.6
to moon
  • Offensive
13 9.9
flash
16 5.8

Surface Forms

streak infinitive
streaked past
streaked past participle
streaking present participle
streaks third person singular

Etymology

A helpful way to remember the verb streak meaning to run naked in public is to imagine someone rushing past like a bright flash, leaving only a quick 'streak' of movement. The sudden, fast image of a 'streak' is why the word came to mean this kind of prank.