Before that, to streak in English since 1768 meant "to go quickly, to rush, to run at full speed", and was a re-spelling of streek: "to go quickly" (c.1380); this in turn was originally a northern Middle English variant of stretch (c.
Innan dess har verbet streak på engelska sedan 1768 betytt att "kvickt rusa, springa i full hastighet", och var en omstavning av streek: "gå kvickt" (cirka 1380); ursprungligen en variant av nordlig medelengelskas variant av stretch (cirka 1250).