cold streak
Extended poor performance
A cold streak is a sustained period of poor performance or bad luck, especially in sports, gambling, or games of chance.
The opposite of a hot streak, it suggests that misfortune has clustered rather than scattered randomly: The team's cold streak extended to seven losses.
A shooter on a cold streak might step back from the table, hoping the pattern breaks.
- slumpExtended period of decline
- losingFailing to win
- droughtProlonged water scarcity
- skidUncontrolled lateral slide
- funkDepression or groove music
unlucky · downturn · slide · winless · rut · misfortune · bad luck · down on luck · out of luck · jinx · cursed · frosty · icy · frozen · chill · gambling · casino · dice
- Performance Problemsslump, plateau, burnout, fatigue, choking
- slumpsslump, lull, rut, funk, dry spell
- gambling superstitionsgambler's fallacy, blowing on dice, beginner's luck, lucky dice, hot hand
- gamblinggamble, gambling, casinos, casino, bets
- sports dramacomeback story, underdog story, rivalry, upset, buzzer beater
- gambling tacticsbasic strategy, card counting, betting strategy, betting systems, running count
cold streakhot streak
Sustained period of success
hot hand · winning streak · tear · heater · roll
cold streakhot streak
Sustained period of success
hot hand · on fire · heating up · red hot · hot spell
cold, streak, colds, colder, coldest, coldly, coldness, streaks, streaked