streaker

Thân thiện

Definition

Noun: 1. A person who runs naked in a public place as a prank, protest, or stunt: A "streaker" is someone who deliberately removes all their clothes and runs quickly through a public area, often at a sporting event or other large gathering, typically to gain attention or cause a humorous disruption.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The football match was briefly interrupted when a streaker ran onto the field.
  • Security guards quickly apprehended the streaker at the concert.
  • In the 1970s, being a streaker was a somewhat common form of public prank.

Advanced Usage

• "to go streaking": The act of being a streaker; to run naked in public.
  • On a dare, they decided to go streaking across the college quad.

Variants and Related Words

• Streak (verb): To run naked in a public place. This is the action performed by a streaker.
  • He was arrested for streaking during the marathon.
• Streaking (gerund/noun): The act or phenomenon of running naked in public.
  • Streaking became a fad in the 1970s.

Synonyms

• Naked runner: A literal, descriptive synonym.
• Exhibitionist: While this has a broader clinical meaning referring to a psychological disorder, it is sometimes used informally to describe someone who seeks attention by exposing themselves, including streakers.

Học thuật

Noun

1. someone who takes off all their clothes and runs naked through a public place