Streak

Tamil Meaning

English Meaning

1. A line, mark, smear, or band differentiated by color or texture from its surroundings.
2. An inherent, often contrasting quality: "There was a streak of wildness in him” ( Olga Carlisle).
3. A ray or flash of light: the first streaks of dawn; a streak of lightning.
4. Informal A brief run or stretch, as of luck.
5. Informal An unbroken series, as of wins or losses.
6. Mineralogy The color of the fine powder produced when a mineral is rubbed against a hard surface. Used as a distinguishing characteristic.
7. Botany Any of various viral diseases of plants characterized by the appearance of discolored stripes on the leaves or stems.
8. Microbiology A bacterial culture inoculated by drawing a bacteria-laden needle across the surface of a solid culture medium.
9. To mark with streaks: rain streaking the pavement.
10. To lighten (strands of hair) with a chemical preparation.
11. Microbiology To inoculate in order to produce a streak.
12. To form streaks.
13. To be or become streaked.
14. To move at high speed; rush.
15. To run naked in public, especially as a prank.