streaky
part of speech
adjective (streaky, streakier, streakiest)
meaning for a pupil
1) Streaky means having streaks: long thin lines or marks of a different colour, often uneven: streaky windows, streaky hair dye. tree →
2) (UK, Ireland, Australia) Streaky bacon is bacon with stripes of fat and meat, cut from the belly. tree →
3) (informal, sport) Streaky means not steady, sometimes very good and sometimes bad; in cricket, a streaky shot is a lucky edge. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life it describes cleaning, painting, hair and food. In art lessons streaky paint shows uneven strokes. In sport commentary, a "streaky" player has winning and losing streaks. Phrases: "streaky bacon", "streaky windows", "a streaky shot".
examples
- I cleaned the window, but it's still streaky. tree →
- The paint dried streaky because I used too little. tree →
- Dad made sandwiches with streaky bacon. tree →
- Her fake tan went a bit streaky. tree →
- The sky was streaky with pink clouds. tree →
- His batting is streaky: one week great, the next week awful. tree →
- That was a streaky four off the edge of the bat. tree →
note
Comparative: streakier, streakiest. "Streaky bacon" is a UK/Irish/Australian name; Americans just say "bacon". From "streak", a line or a run of wins or losses.
Trees and pragmatics
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