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Webster 1913 Edition

Streek

Streek

,
Verb.
T.
To stretch; also, to lay out, as a dead body. See
Streak
.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Streek

STREEK

,
Verb.
T.
To lay out, as a dead body. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024

streek

streek

English

Verb

streek ‎(third-person singular simple present streeks, present participle streeking, simple past and past participle streeked)

  1. (archaic, dialect, Britain, Scotland, transitive) To stretch.
  2. (archaic, dialect, Britain, Scotland, transitive) To lay out, as a dead body.

Afrikaans

Noun

streek ‎(plural streke)

  1. prank
  2. region

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /streːk/
  • Rhymes: -eːk

Etymology

From Middle Dutch streke, from Old Dutch *striki, from Proto-Germanic *strikiz.

Noun

streek f ‎(plural streken, diminutive streekje n)

  1. region
  2. prank

Derived terms

Verb

streek

  1. singular past indicative of strijken

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Scots

Verb

streek ‎(third-person singular present streeks, present participle streekin, past streekit, past participle streekit)

  1. (South Scots, archaic) stretch
    Fower hunder horsemen in yeh streekit line.

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