streaky

English

Etymology

From streak +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈstɹiːki/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Rhymes: -iːki

Adjective

streaky (comparative streakier, superlative streakiest)

Having streaks.
(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.
- 2001, Luke Alfred, Lifting the Covers: Inside South African Cricket‎^[1]:
  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.
- 2005, Michael Slater, Slats: The Michael Slater Story:
  ...rather than hitting it with the middle of the bat, I jagged it off the inside edge and French-cut it over the top of the stumps for another four. That was the only streaky shot I can remember.
- 2011, Roland Perry, Bradman's Invincibles: The Inside Story of the Epic 1948 Ashes Tour‎^[2]:
  Compton troubled Bradman with his Chinaman, and one streaky shot was edged past Crapp at slips.
(chiefly of a person, usually Canada, US) Having alternating periods of good and bad performances; inconsistent.
Jones has always been a streaky hitter
(archaic, slang) Having periods of irritation or bad temper.
(soccer) Not well-executed, due to luck more than skill.
- 2015 April 18, Paul Wilson, The Guardian‎^[3]:
  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.

Derived terms

Translations

having streaks

Bulgarian: на ивици (na ivici)
Finnish: raidallinen (fi)
Galician: entrefebrado
Maori: tāekaeka, ropiropi

References

John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary

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