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adj. multicolor

adj. multicolor

adj. multicolor

adj. multicolor

verb. fading, dirtying of hue

expose

flash

verb. move fast and display

flaunt

verb. make an exhibition, show off

fleck

verb. mark with spots

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Word Origin & History

streak O.E. strica "line of motion, stroke of a pen" (related to strican "pass over lightly," see strike), from P.Gmc. *strikon (cf. M.L.G. streke "stroke, line," O.H.G., Ger. strich, Goth. striks "stroke, line"), from PIE base *streig- (see strigil). Sense of "long, thin mark" is first found 1567. Meaning "a temporary run (of luck)" is from 1843.

Example Sentences for streaked

His face was streaked red with camwood, and around his eyes he had painted two white circles.

It was streaked with faded paint and it showed bits of carving.

He could not even bring himself to approach any nearer to that streaked and arching blank.

And the birds, white and colored, streaked out over the beasts.