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mean streaks

mean streaks is the plural of mean streak.

Meaning of mean streak

Noun

mean streak (plural mean streaks)

  1. (idiomatic) A defect in character characterized by persistent nastiness, viciousness, or malevolence.
    • "He's worse than mischievous," Mr. Lane assured her sourly. "There's a mean streak in that family."1911, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, chapter 1, in The Crux

Questions about mean streaks

What is mean streaks the plural of?
Mean streaks is the plural of mean streak.

Words near mean streaks in the dictionary

  1. mean square
  2. mean squares
  3. mean standard
  4. mean standards
  5. mean streak
  6. mean streaks
  7. mean streets
  8. mean sun
  9. mean suns
  10. mean survival time
  11. mean survival times

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