Definition of streak

• v. t. - To stretch; to extend; hence, to lay out, as a dead body.
• n. - A line or long mark of a different color from the ground; a stripe; a vein.
• n. - A strake.
• n. - The fine powder or mark yielded by a mineral when scratched or rubbed against a harder surface, the color of which is sometimes a distinguishing character.
• n. - The rung or round of a ladder.
• v. t. - To form streaks or stripes in or on; to stripe; to variegate with lines of a different color, or of different colors.
• v. t. - With it as an object: To run swiftly.