Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Marked with, characterized by, or occurring in streaks.
- adjective Variable or uneven in character or quality.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having streaks; marked with streaks; streaked. It differs from
striped in that the lines are not accurately parallel, nor straight and uniform. - Hence Uneven in quality; variable in character or excellence: as, his poetry is decidedly streaky.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Same as
streaked , 1.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having
streaks .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective marked with or as if with stripes or linear discolorations
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Examples
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In basketball parlance, Brooks is known as "streaky"—and that reputation extends beyond his shooting touch.
Is Jimmer Right for the Knicks? Scott Cacciola 2011
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Unlike other products that leave your skin streaky, orange, or just uneven, CellaDerm is easy to apply and produces a smooth, even tan that can make golden brown beach-goers jealous.
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Indeed all the region about the Pleiades, for an area of ten square degrees, is involved in streaky nebulosity.
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The Slovak, known as a streaky player, began hitting accurate groundstrokes as Roddick's game turned erratic.
USATODAY.com - Slovakia's Hrbaty defeats Roddick in Davis Cup 2003
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It's just as well the back four is stepping it up - and yet to concede a goal against any of the other top-five sides - because the attack remains out of sorts, with Wayne Rooney still searching for his best form and Dimitar Berbatov's goal-scoring can only be described as streaky at best.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Paul Attfield 2011
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Not only that, but you also get a rasher of thick, ham-like bacon (as opposed to our kind of thin bacon, which the Irish call streaky bacon); some amazing sausages, which practically melt in your mouth; fried tomatoes and mushrooms, toast, and blood pudding, which is basically coagulated blood made into a sausage patty.
Kottu 2009
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If I had to pick one of them, I would give Lindsey a slight edge only because she tends to be a more consistent player whereas Venus can be a little bit streaky, which is both good and bad, because when she gets on a good roll, she can put together points really well, although when she gets on a little bit of a bad roll she can spray the ball and be a little bit sporadic.
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Probabilities can get "streaky," but there's a very human element that separates situations like this one from pure probabilities.
NYT > Home Page By ROB MAHONEY 2011
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His shooting has been described as "streaky," but with a nice 3-point touch.
The Charleston Gazette - Mitch Vingle 2010
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His shooting has been described as "streaky," but with a nice 3-point touch.
The Charleston Gazette - Mitch Vingle 2010
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