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Streaky

//ˈstɹiːki// adj, slang

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Having streaks.
  2. 2
    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.

    "Although the two added thirteen important runs, including four byes let through by Mongia and a streaky outside edge cum late-cut by Pollock for four, one didn't need to be blessed with gifts of insight to realise that Pollock's days at the crease were numbered."

  3. 3
    Unpredictable, variable; having periods of good and bad (e.g. weather).

    "[…] to do his duty in the face of uncommonly streaky weather like a man."

  4. 4
    Having alternating periods of good and bad performances; inconsistent. Canada, US, usually

    "Jones has always been a streaky hitter"

  5. 5
    Having periods of irritation or bad temper. archaic, slang
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  1. 6
    Not well-executed, due to luck more than skill.

    "Two goals from Alexis Sánchez, the second a little streakier than the first, were enough to send Arsenal into a second successive FA Cup final, once again following extra time after being held over 90 minutes by a Championship side."

Adjective
  1. 1
    marked with or as if with stripes or linear discolorations wordnet

Etymology

From streak + -y.

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