streaky
English
adj
Definitions
- 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.
- (chiefly) Having alternating periods of good and bad performances; inconsistent.
- (soccer) Not well-executed, due to luck more than skill.
Etymology
Suffix from English streak.
Origin
English
streak
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bestreak English
- fallstreak English
- hairstreak English
- killstreak English
- paystreak English
- prestreak English
- redstreak English
- restreak English
- scorestreak English
- streak English
- streaken English
- streaker English
- streakily English
- streakiness English
- streakless English
- streaklike English
- streakline English
- streaken Dutch, Flemish
- streke Middle English