blue streak

ADJECTIVE

fast

Synonyms

STRONGEST

agile brisk hot nimble quick rapid swift

STRONG

accelerated active dashing electric flashing fleet fleeting flying hurried racing ready snap split-second winged

WEAK

PDQ breakneck double-time expeditious expeditive hairtrigger hasty hypersonic in a jiffy in nothing flat lickety split like a bat out of hell like all get out like crazy like mad on the double posthaste presto pronto screamin' snappy speedball supersonic velocious

Antonyms

STRONGEST

clumsy slow

STRONG

dull

WEAK

plodding tardy unhurried

Example Sentences

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No wonder I talked a blue streak about money with Elvira — about the hourly billing rate I charged, the new clients I landed, the prospects I was pitching and my projected annual revenues.

From Salon • Mar. 11, 2025

The toddler can talk a blue streak and likes an audience.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2023

That means swearing a blue streak, the way he does, or trying to out-do someone or impress them.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2022

We know and love her as Old Christine; forgive us for being shocked to see her with a sexy blue streak in her hair.

From Slate • Apr. 16, 2021

I could talk a blue streak about apples.

From "The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle" by Leslie Connor

blue streak

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