"hot streak" meaning in All languages combined

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    {
      "form": "hot streaks",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "hot streak (plural hot streaks)",
      "name": "en-noun"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Jace was on a hot streak at the casino, winning five times in a row on the roulette wheel.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "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",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1984, Stephen King, Peter Straub, The Talisman, New York, N.Y.: Viking, page 225",
          "text": "Wolf had a faster pump than a slot-machine player on a hot streak.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Charles Duhigg, The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business, New York, N.Y.: Random House, page 267",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "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 2024-01-09",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A run of exceptionally good luck or performance."
      ],
      "id": "en-hot_streak-en-noun-8YKwpfrw",
      "links": [
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          "luck",
          "luck#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "performance",
          "performance#Noun"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1903, Agnes Castle, Egerton Castle, Incomparable Bellairs, New York, N.Y.: Frederick A. Stokes Company, page 121",
          "text": "A hot streak of flame passed, singing, close above O'Hara's ear.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hot, streak."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "hot",
          "hot#English"
        ],
        [
          "streak",
          "streak#English"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "word": "hot hand"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hot streak"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hot streaks",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "hot streak (plural hot streaks)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "hot hand"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Jace was on a hot streak at the casino, winning five times in a row on the roulette wheel.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "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",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1984, Stephen King, Peter Straub, The Talisman, New York, N.Y.: Viking, page 225",
          "text": "Wolf had a faster pump than a slot-machine player on a hot streak.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Charles Duhigg, The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business, New York, N.Y.: Random House, page 267",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "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 2024-01-09",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A run of exceptionally good luck or performance."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "luck",
          "luck#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "performance",
          "performance#Noun"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1903, Agnes Castle, Egerton Castle, Incomparable Bellairs, New York, N.Y.: Frederick A. Stokes Company, page 121",
          "text": "A hot streak of flame passed, singing, close above O'Hara's ear.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hot, streak."
      ],
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          "hot",
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        ],
        [
          "streak",
          "streak#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hot streak"
}