Streaky
adjective
Having streaks or stripes.
The meat is streaky with fat.
Often appears as...
- streaky bacon
- streaky glass
adjective
Not consistent, varying at different times.
She has been streaky in recent games, with some good performances and some bad ones.
Often appears as...
- streaky performance
- streaky play
adjective
Having streaks or stripes.
The meat is streaky with fat.
Often appears as...
- streaky bacon
- streaky glass
adjective
Not consistent, varying at different times.
She has been streaky in recent games, with some good performances and some bad ones.
Often appears as...
- streaky performance
- streaky play
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Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Use 'streaky' to describe something with visible lines, which could be natural or made by something else.
The morning sky was streaky with shades of pink and orange.
Pro Tip 2/3Texture Description
'Streaky' often refers to the texture in foods, showing lines of fat or lean meat.
I prefer my bacon streaky and crispy.
Pro Tip 3/3Uneven Quality
When something is 'streaky', it may imply a lack of consistency in quality, like uneven painting.
The walls looked streaky after the first coat of paint.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Use 'streaky' to describe something with visible lines, which could be natural or made by something else.
The morning sky was streaky with shades of pink and orange.
Pro Tip 2/3Texture Description
'Streaky' often refers to the texture in foods, showing lines of fat or lean meat.
I prefer my bacon streaky and crispy.
Pro Tip 3/3Uneven Quality
When something is 'streaky', it may imply a lack of consistency in quality, like uneven painting.
The walls looked streaky after the first coat of paint.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Use 'streaky' to describe something with visible lines, which could be natural or made by something else.
The morning sky was streaky with shades of pink and orange.
Pro Tip 2/3Texture Description
'Streaky' often refers to the texture in foods, showing lines of fat or lean meat.
I prefer my bacon streaky and crispy.
Pro Tip 3/3Uneven Quality
When something is 'streaky', it may imply a lack of consistency in quality, like uneven painting.
The walls looked streaky after the first coat of paint.
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Video examples
Safari Live - Day 121 PIPE...
and we've seen him quite regularly lately and very characteristic black stripe on the face sort of through the eye from the eyebrow and a very streaky chest very easy to identify thrushes versus robin chats which frequent very
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 121 PIPE...
and we've seen him quite regularly lately and very characteristic black stripe on the face sort of through the eye from the eyebrow and a very streaky chest very easy to identify thrushes versus robin chats which frequent very
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Quote examples
Bill Bryson
American Writer
England was full of words I'd never heard before - streaky bacon, short back and sides, Belisha beacon, serviettes, high tea, ice-cream cornet.
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D. B. Sweeney
American Actor
I believe in luck. My luck's real streaky.
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Kyle Korver
American Athlete
You don't want to be a streaky shooter.
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Diego Simeone
Argentinian Businessman
Strikers are streaky creatures.
Quote examples
Bill Bryson
American Writer
England was full of words I'd never heard before - streaky bacon, short back and sides, Belisha beacon, serviettes, high tea, ice-cream cornet.
Quote examples
D. B. Sweeney
American Actor
I believe in luck. My luck's real streaky.
Quote examples
Kyle Korver
American Athlete
You don't want to be a streaky shooter.
Quote examples
Diego Simeone
Argentinian Businessman
Strikers are streaky creatures.
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