| Main Entry: | streak |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a line on |
Synonyms: |
band, dapple, daub, fleck, marble, slash, smear, spot, strake, striate, stripe, variegate, vein |
| Main Entry: | streaked |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having streaks |
Synonyms: |
barred, brindled, grooved, linear, lineate, liny, marked, pied, ridged, streaky, striate, striated, strigose, striped, tore, variegated, veined, whelked, whelky |
| Main Entry: | discolor |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fading, dirtying of hue |
Synonyms: |
besmear, besmirch, blot, defile, mar, mark, rust, smear, soil, stain, streak, sully, tar, tarnish, tinge |
Antonyms: |
brighten, color |
| Main Entry: | expose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reveal |
Synonyms: |
advertise, air, bare, betray, brandish, bring to light, broadcast, crack, debunk, denude, dig up, disclose, display, disport, divulge, exhibit, feature, flash, flaunt, give away, lay bare, lay open, leak, let cat out of bag, let out, make known, manifest, open, open to view, parade, present, prove, publish, put on view, report, show, show off, smoke out, spill, streak, tip off, trot out, unclothe, uncover, unearth, unfold, unmask, unshroud, unveil |
Antonyms: |
conceal, cover, hide |
| Main Entry: | flash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move fast and display |
Synonyms: |
bolt, brandish, dart, dash, disport, exhibit, expose, flaunt, flit, flourish, fly, parade, race, shoot, show, show off, speed, spring, streak, sweep, trot out, whistle, zoom |
Antonyms: |
pause, slow, walk |
| Main Entry: | flaunt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make an exhibition, show off |
Synonyms: |
advertise, air, boast, brandish, break out, broadcast, declare, disclose, display, disport, divulge, expose, fan it, flash, flash about, flourish, gasconade, grandstand, hotdog, let it all hang out, make a scene, parade, proclaim, put on an act, reveal, roll out, show and tell, showcase, smack with, sport, spring on, streak, throw weight around, trot out, vaunt, wave around, whip out |
| Notes: | one flaunts (makes much of) something of one's own (wealth, good looks, education) while one flouts (disregards or violates) something outside oneself (convention, law, regulation); to flaunt is to show off and to flout is to treat with contempt or disregard with smugness |
Antonyms: |
conceal, hide, refrain |
| Main Entry: | fleck |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mark with spots |
Synonyms: |
bespeckle, besprinkle, dapple, dot, dust, maculate, mottle, speckle, stipple, streak, variegate |
| Main Entry: | hotfoot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hurry |
Synonyms: |
barrel, bolt, boogie, burn rubber, clip, dart, dash, fly, gallop, go like a bat out of hell, hightail it, hurtle, make haste, race, run, scoot, speed, sprint, streak, tear*, zip, zoom |
Antonyms: |
dawdle |
| Main Entry: | mark |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blemish, stain |
Synonyms: |
X, autograph, blaze, blot, blotch, brand, bruise, chalk, check, dent, dot, impress, imprint, initial, ink, inscribe, label, letter, nick, pinpoint, point, print, scar, score, scratch, seal, sign, smudge, splotch, stamp, streak, stroke, trace, underline, write |
| Main Entry: | mottled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | speckled |
Synonyms: |
blotchy, checkered, dappled, flecked, freckled, maculate, marbled, motley, piebald, pied, skewbald, spotted, streaked, tabby, variegated |
Antonyms: |
plain, unflecked |