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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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Try adding cheese or streaky bacon, a dollop of thick yoghurt or creme fraiche.
Torrential rain makes the car streaky so a lot of people ask for an outside wash after a bad spell of weather.
I don't want to be white, and I have used fake tans before but they came out streaky.
He is fourth on the Braves' all-time hit list, but he is streaky at the plate.
In some places it is primeval and wet, where streaky barked eucalyptus strive upwards through dripping mists alive with frog croaks.
The result was a streaky, uneven disaster, not the beautiful gradual change of a balayage.

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