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streak

 
 
/striːk/ noun [C]

Translation

MARK a thin line or mark
uzun çizgi, uzunlamasına leke, şerit
She has a streak of white hair.843
QUALITY a quality in someone's character, especially a bad one
(olumsuz) yan, yön, nitelik, özellik; karakter olumsuzluğu; damar, huy
Tom has a mean/ruthless streak.1745
a winning/losing streak a period of always winning/losing a game
kazanma/kaybetme dönemi/süresi/müddeti
I'm on a winning streak.1475
(Definition of streak noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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