streeking

[stree-king]

noun

British Dialect.

1. the act of stretching one's limbs, as on awakening or by exercise.

Word History and Origins

Origin of streeking¹

First recorded in 1300–50, streeking is from the Middle English word streekynge. See streek, -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Ye wouldna like to think of your mother trailing every week to the like of Wilson for an awmous, streeking out her auld hand for charity.

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Weel, I'll uphaud there's baith gude and ill amang the gipsies, and if they deal wi' the Enemy, it's a' their ain business and no ours.—I ken what the streeking the corpse wad be, weel eneugh.

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