streakier; streakiest
1
: marked with streaks
streaky bacon
2
: apprehensive
nervous and streaky
3
: apt to vary (as in effectiveness) : unreliable
streakiness noun

Examples of streaky in a Sentence

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He’s viewed by scouts as a streaky second-unit shooter with the ability to get the ball to the basket while also having some utility as a complimentary ball-handler. Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2024 The Celtics’ 3-point shooting didn’t count as a problem against Philadelphia but has been surprisingly streaky lately. Jay King, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024 Gorman has always come with swing-and-miss, and he’s also profiled as a streaky hitter (such is the trade-off with most power hitters) but his lulls are becoming too large to ignore. Katie Woo, The Athletic, 2 July 2024 The big variable for Chicago is Christopher Morel, a streaky slugger who blasted 26 homers last season but also struck out 133 times in 107 games. Jay Cohen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for streaky 

Word History

First Known Use

1722, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of streaky was in 1722

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“Streaky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/streaky. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.

Kids Definition

streakier; streakiest
1
: having or showing streaks
2
: likely to vary : changeable
a streaky hitter in baseball
streakiness noun
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