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What does streaky mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word streaky? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Having streaks.
  2. (cricket) 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.
  3. (Canada) Having alternating periods of good and bad performances; inconsistent.
  4. (soccer) Not well-executed, due to luck more than skill.
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Do you know, the subtle, streaky surface is far more appealing to me than the painting I'd removed?
In some places it is primeval and wet, where streaky barked eucalyptus strive upwards through dripping mists alive with frog croaks.
The bun was soft, the beef was an excellent ground beef patty, the bacon was back bacon and not that streaky over-crisped variety.
Principally it consisted of chunks of fatty streaky bacon supporting great lumps of gristle, with the odd bit of sausage.
But the printer kept making streaky things on the paper, so I fruitlessly spent a half hour trying to fix that.
I don't want to be white, and I have used fake tans before but they came out streaky.

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