Streaky Definition

strēkē
streakier, streakiest
adjective
streakier, streakiest
Marked with or showing streaks.
Webster's New World
Occurring in streaks.
Webster's New World
Uneven or variable, as in quality.
Webster's New World

(cricket) Used to describe a shot where the ball deflects off the edge of the bat, but is not caught by the slips or wicket-keeper and instead results in runs for the batsman.

Wiktionary

(chiefly of a person, usually North America) Having alternating periods of good and bad performances; inconsistent.

Jones has always been a streaky hitter.
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Other Word Forms of Streaky

Adjective

Base Form:
streaky
Comparative:
streakier
Superlative:
streakiest

Streaky Sentence Examples

  • This labour was followed in 1877 by observations of the surface of Mars, whereon he detected, among other peculiar characters, certain streaky markings or canals, the nature and origin of which is still controversial (see MARS).

  • Using a heavy frying pan gently cook 2 rashers of streaky bacon cut into strips.

  • Kitchen used her physical strength and fitness to defeat the streaky Egyptian qualifier Eman El Amir in 4 games.

  • Place the streaky bacon rashers over the breast to prevent it from becoming dry.

  • Then when it did eventually dried it went very streaky.

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Words Starting With

SSTSTR

Words Ending With

YKYAKY

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