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streek

[streek] British Dialect
–verb (used with object)
1. to stretch (one's limbs), as on awakening or by exercise.
2. to extend (one's hand or arm), as in reaching for or offering an object.
3. to stretch out or prepare (a corpse) for burial.
–verb (used without object)
4. to fall or lie prostrate.
5. to move quickly, esp. to advance.

Origin:
1200–50; ME (north) streken, var. of strecchen to stretch


streeker, noun
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