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streaky
/ˈstɹiːki/
adj 5
Collocations
4ADJ.
outside
VERB + STREAKY
weather
STREAKY + NOUN
cum
ADV.
only
Definitions
adj
1
Having streaks.
2
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.
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.
...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.
3
Unpredictable, variable; having periods of good and bad (e.g. weather).
[…] to do his duty in the face of uncommonly streaky weather like a man.
[Nebraska] has a reputation for streaky weather, long stretches of drouth and long seasons of rain.
4
Having alternating periods of good and bad performances; inconsistent.
Jones has always been a streaky hitter
5
Having periods of irritation or bad temper.
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adjective — marked with or as if with stripes or linear discolorations
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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 insig
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...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.
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Compton troubled Bradman with his Chinaman, and one streaky shot was edged past Crapp at slips.
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The weather was streaky.
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