streaken

English

Etymology

From streak +‎ -en.

Verb

streaken (third-person singular simple present streakens, present participle streakening, simple past and past participle streakened)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To mark or become marked with streaks.
   • 2013, Anthony Ryan, Candle and Sun, page 123:

     Cullan stopped in his tracks...a double-decker bus made a large angular shadow against the now silver streakening cloudscape, incongruous in this reeded sandscape, like a boat in a desert.

Anagrams

• Kaestner

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English streak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstriː.kə(n)/, [ˈstɹiː.kə(n)]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: strea‧ken

Verb

streaken

1. (intransitive) to streak (to run naked in public, especially at sports games)

Inflection

Conjugation of streaken (weak)
infinitive	streaken
past singular	streakte
past participle	gestreakt
infinitive	streaken
gerund	streaken n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	streak	streakte
2nd person sing. (jij)	streakt	streakte
2nd person sing. (u)	streakt	streakte
2nd person sing. (gij)	streakt	streakte
3rd person singular	streakt	streakte
plural	streaken	streakten
subjunctive sing.1	streake	streakte
subjunctive plur.1	streaken	streakten
imperative sing.	streak
imperative plur.1	streakt
participles	streakend	gestreakt
1) Archaic.

Related terms

• streaker