streak

n

1. band, strip, bar, streaking; stripe, striation, line, mark; stroke, dash, rule, score.

2. layer, stratum, ledge, level, bed; vein, seam, plane, lode.

3. bolt, flash, fulguration, lightning, ray, thunderbolt, Archaic. levin; beam, flare, coruscation, burst; glint, glance, glister.

4. admixture, nature, spirit, characteristic, property, temperament; strain, vein, stripe, feather; idiosyncrasy, twist, turn, bent, individuality.

5.U.S. Informal. spell, period, time, stage, duration; run, term, bout, space, span, lapse, snap.

v

6. mark, striate, band, stripe, furrow; variegate, rainbow, motley, tessellate; smudge, stain, smirch, smutch, soil.

7. flash, fulgurate, coruscate, glance, flare; beam, glint, glister, light.

8. run, rush, dash, tear, race, sprint; scurry, hurry, hasten, fly, flee, fly like a bird; scud, scour, scoot, trip, pace; zip, zoom, speed, go like lightning, sweep, swoop; bound, clip, post, gallop, hie, Inf. go like a shot, Inf. go hellbent for leather, fly on the wings of the wind, outstrip the wind.