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Meanings of streaky in English

Marked with or as if with stripes or linear discolorations.

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Examples for "streaked"
1
Normally they streaked towards Israeli border towns, or north towards coastal cities.
Reuters
2
A fireball streaked through the clear morning sky, followed by loud bangs.
BBC
3
For a moment fear streaked through her, as it so often did.
Fortunate harbor
4
Water streaked her skin-waterthat had nothing to do with the rain.
The incumbent
5
The heavy bullets streaked the dust all the way across the valley.
Desert Gold
Usage of streaky in English
1
It has been a bit of a streaky state in presidential elections.
News.com.au
2
A physico-chemical inquiry into the properties of streaky bacon and fried eggs.
The Red Thumb Mark
3
By contrast the peloton will dash by in a streaky multicoloured haze.
The Guardian
4
Her eye makeup was already streaky, but Spencer didn't seem to care.
Vicious
5
We're crammed into old prison cells decorated with rust and streaky paint.
World After
6
You should polish them with lemon oil afterward so they don't get streaky.
Poe's children: the new horror : an anthology
7
Vince compiled a streaky 18 while Alastair Cook was the other morning departure.
Radio NZ
8
Why have I never considered streaky worthy of my breakfast table?
The Guardian
9
The beeches built high temples, layer upon layer of streaky green.
Invisible Links
10
The planet's surface now appeared like streaky bacon, by reason of its cloud-zones.
Star Maker
11
A soiled linen cap covered a mop of streaky hair, mouse-colored and unkempt.
The Shadow of a Crime: A Cumbrian Romance
12
How a horse could have climbed that streaky white slide was a mystery.
The Last of the Plainsmen
13
If I cannot get streaky bacon, I will do without anything.
The Diary of a Nobody
14
Back v streaky A bacon sarnie as imagined by Jamie Oliver.
The Guardian
15
When it looks like that, it reminds me of streaky bacon, only prettier.
The summer of riley
16
Nora glanced down at the ruined coat and her streaky legs.
The hellfire club
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
Common