[
UK
/stɹˈiːki/
]
ADJECTIVE
-
marked with or as if with stripes or linear discolorations
streaked hair
fat legs and dirty streaky faces
How To Use streaky In A Sentence
- In some places it is primeval and wet, where streaky barked eucalyptus strive upwards through dripping mists alive with frog croaks.
- The breakfast consisted of two fried eggs and two rashers of streaky bacon crisply done.
- Their plumage is a plain, streaky brown. Times, Sunday Times
- The nephrogram has a streaky and striated appearance reflecting stasis of contrast in the dilated collecting tubules which can be prolonged for days after the IVP.
- I don't want to be white, and I have used fake tans before but they came out streaky.
- Surely, for £10 million, we could build the new police station with quality stone features instead of a boring square that will look a dirty, streaky eyesore within three years.
- This door needs another coat of paint - it's looking rather streaky.
- We say The first coat was a bit streaky but after two the unusual rust colour looked great. Times, Sunday Times
- His shooting has been described as "streaky," but with a nice 3-point touch. The Charleston Gazette -
- They are little streaky brown birds, easily recognised when they fly up, since they climb in steps as if they were going up a ladder. Times, Sunday Times