streak

Noun

• a sudden flash (as of lightning)

• a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background
  • a green toad with small black stripes or bars
    
  • may the Stars and Stripes forever wave
    

• a distinctive characteristic
  • he has a stubborn streak
    
  • a streak of wildness
    

• an unbroken series of events
  • had a streak of bad luck
    
  • Nicklaus had a run of birdies
    

Verb

• mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained

• run naked in a public place

• move quickly in a straight line
  • The plane streaked across the sky
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  stripe , bar , run , mottle , blotch