streaking

English

a man streaking during a football game

Verb

streaking

1. present participle and gerund of streak

Noun

streaking (plural streakings)

1. Condition of being streaked; a streak.

   the streakings of fat in bacon

2. The act of running naked through a public area. [from 1960s]
   • 1974 March 4, Hendrick O'Neil, “Streaking runs its course”, in UPIs 20th Century Top Stories (wire feed):

     The fad began with a lone male running naked across the Florida State University campus several weeks ago. Students on other campuses began streaking in pairs, then groups, and were joined by some coeds. Then it became a numbers game for the “national streaking title.”

   • 1977 July, William Anderson, “The Social Organization and Social Control of a Fad: ‘Streaking on a College Campus’”, in Urban Life, volume 6, number 2, Newbury Park, California, page 221:

     By February 1974, a fad labeled “streaking” had crystalized on scores of college, and even some high school, campuses across the United States.

   • 2003, Stuart Hunter, “Lions beef up security in wake of streakings”, in The Province, Vancouver, B.C., page A13:

     Canadian Football League spokesman Shawn Lackie called streaking the “flavour of the day,” but added it's not a growing problem.

Further reading

• Streaking on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Streak (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• restaking, retakings, retasking