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hot streak en · NOUN

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1. A run of exceptionally good luck or performance.
   • 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. 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:
   • Jace was on a hot streak at the casino, winning five times in a row on the roulette wheel.
   • 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. 2023 November 6, Kim McGrath, quoting Erik Nesson, “Q&A: 'Hot hand' in sports is real, but there's a catch”, in Phys.org, archived from the original on 09 Jan 2024:
   • 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. 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:
   • Wolf had a faster pump than a slot-machine player on a hot streak. 1984, Stephen King, Peter Straub, The Talisman, New York, N.Y.: Viking, →ISBN, page 225:
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hot, streak.
   • A hot streak of flame passed, singing, close above O'Hara's ear. 1903, Agnes Castle, Egerton Castle, Incomparable Bellairs, New York, N.Y.: Frederick A. Stokes Company, page 121:

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