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View synonyms for blue streak
blue streak
noun
- something moving very fast:
They traveled like a blue streak through Italy.
- continuous, rapid, or interminable speech:
to talk a blue streak.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of blue streak1
An Americanism dating back to 1820–30
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Example Sentences
Lance reduced the speed, and the Blue Streak began to move shoreward.
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He hab swore a blue streak at him, and called him a d—— ab'lishener, jess 'cause Massa K—— wudn't get mad and sass him back.
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He calmly lied to me a blue streak, and he knew that I knew he was lying.
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“They kept talking like a blue streak while you were gone,” said Andy, after the other two had seated themselves.
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Mile after mile swept away behind him, as he gave the “Blue Streak” its head and let it show him what it could do.
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