streak
/striːk/ noun [C, usually singular]Definition
› a period of time during which something continues to happen, for example to go up or down in value or to succeed or fail: a streak of sth Stocks tumbled Thursday, ending a three-session streak of record highs.a winning/losing streak Wall Street broke a three-day losing streak as the Dow closed up 137.33 points at 9188.15.
› a part of someone's personality: an ambitous/competitive/independent streak a streak of determination/independence/arrogance
(Definition of streak noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
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