to streak
- verb
- /striːk/
- Offensive
- We're going streaking through the quad and into the gymnasium.
- go streaking
- streak naked
- streak across the stage
Examples
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I want to get a good seat before all the jocks start streaking like a pack of wild idiots.
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We're going streaking!
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"Remember the night he streaked through the second feature?"
Fiction book (1999) -
Well, never have I ever gone streaking.
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Did you see the article in the paper about us streaking?
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Going streaking across the quad!
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I got caught streaking.
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Billy went streaking!
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That's when she streaked the halls naked, almost taunting us all: if you think I'm so crazy, well, I'll show you what crazy is.
Fiction book (1998) -
My friends dared me to streak at the beach during the festival.
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A plant disease that makes tomato and other crops have pale lines on leaves and reduces how much they produce
How Indecent
Surface Forms
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.