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[edit]Noun
[edit]hot streak (plural hot streaks)
- A run of exceptionally good luck or performance.
- Jace was on a hot streak at the casino, winning five times in a row on the roulette wheel.
- 1930 January 29, “Bucs to Play in Twin Bill Tonight”, in Moberly Monitor-Index, volume 11, number 179, Moberly, M.O.: Moberly Index Printing Company, →OCLC, page 6, column 1:
- The local collegians played the Trenton school on the foreign court two weeks ago, and after holding the lead through the game, the Trenton team got a hot streak in the last minutes of play and tossed several long shots through the ring for a 16-12 windup in the favor.
- 1984, Stephen King, Peter Straub, The Talisman, New York, N.Y.: Viking, →ISBN, page 225:
- Wolf had a faster pump than a slot-machine player on a hot streak.
- 2012, Charles Duhigg, The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →ISBN, page 267:
- At about six in the morning, she hit a hot streak and her piles of chips began to grow. A crowd gathered. She did a quick tally: not quite enough to pay off the notes she had signed, but if she kept playing smart, she would come out on top, and then quit for good.
- 2023 November 6, Kim McGrath, quoting Erik Nesson, “Q&A: 'Hot hand' in sports is real, but there's a catch”, in Phys.org[1], archived from the original on 2024-01-09:
- Most players, fans, coaches, commentators believe the hot hand is widespread in game situations. You only have to watch a few basketball games to hear commentators mention a player as being "on fire" or having hot hand or hot streaks.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hot, streak.
- 1903, Agnes Castle, Egerton Castle, Incomparable Bellairs, New York, N.Y.: Frederick A. Stokes Company, page 121:
- A hot streak of flame passed, singing, close above O'Hara's ear.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- “hot streak”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “hot streak, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.