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streaky

Pronunciation: /ˈstriːki/

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Definition of streaky

adjective (streakier, streakiest)

  • 1having streaks of different colours or textures:streaky blond hair
  • British (of bacon) cut from the belly and having alternate strips of fat and lean.
  • 2 informal, chiefly North American variable in quality; not predictable or reliable: King has always been a famously streaky hitter
  • 3British informal lucky:Wise’s rather streaky opening goal for Chelsea

Derivatives

streakily

adverb

streakiness

noun

streaky in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of streaky in the US English dictionary
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