streek

[ streek ]

/ strik /

British Dialect

verb (used with object)

to stretch (one's limbs), as on awakening or by exercise.

to extend (one's hand or arm), as in reaching for or offering an object.

to stretch out or prepare (a corpse) for burial.

verb (used without object)

to fall or lie prostrate.

to move quickly, especially to advance.

Origin of streek

1200–50; Middle English (north) streken, variant of strecchen to stretch

OTHER WORDS FROM streek

streeker, noun

Words nearby streek

streamside, streamway, Streamwood, streamy, Streator, streek, streeking, streel, Streep, street, street arab

Example sentences from the Web for streek

How lang hae ye hung on the tree wi' a red cheek an' a ripe lip, and never man to streek out the hand to pu' ye?
The Three Perils of Man, Vol. 3 (of 3)|James Hogg
I'll show them what it is to streek dead Whigs like honest men, and row them dainty in seventeen hunder linen on my land!
The Men of the Moss-Hags|S. R. Crockett
Did I tell you of a female relative, Niven (whom he would never see), saying that she would come and streek him after he died?
Spare Hours|John Brown
But I'll soon be on his track again, for they'll have to streek me on the same stretching-board that serves him.
The White Blackbird|Hudson Douglas

单词	streek
释义	streek [ streek ] / strik / British Dialect verb (used with object) to stretch (one's limbs), as on awakening or by exercise. to extend (one's hand or arm), as in reaching for or offering an object. to stretch out or prepare (a corpse) for burial. verb (used without object) to fall or lie prostrate. to move quickly, especially to advance. Origin of streek 1200–50; Middle English (north) streken, variant of strecchen to stretch OTHER WORDS FROM streek streeker, noun Words nearby streek streamside, streamway, Streamwood, streamy, Streator, streek, streeking, streel, Streep, street, street arab Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for streek How lang hae ye hung on the tree wi' a red cheek an' a ripe lip, and never man to streek out the hand to pu' ye? The Three Perils of Man, Vol. 3 (of 3)\|James Hogg I'll show them what it is to streek dead Whigs like honest men, and row them dainty in seventeen hunder linen on my land! The Men of the Moss-Hags\|S. R. Crockett Did I tell you of a female relative, Niven (whom he would never see), saying that she would come and streek him after he died? Spare Hours\|John Brown But I'll soon be on his track again, for they'll have to streek me on the same stretching-board that serves him. The White Blackbird\|Hudson Douglas
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