streakiest
streakiest is the superlative form of streaky.
Meaning of streaky
Adjective
streaky (comparative streakier, superlative streakiest)
- Having streaks.
- 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.2001, Luke Alfred, Lifting the Covers: Inside South African Cricket
- 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.1870, Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, volume 17, page 34
- Having alternating periods of good and bad performances; inconsistent.
- Jones has always been a streaky hitter
- Having periods of irritation or bad temper.
- Not well-executed, due to luck more than skill.
- 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.2015 April 18, Paul Wilson, The Guardian
Questions about streakiest
- What is streakiest the superlative form of?
- Streakiest is the superlative form of streaky.
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