streaky

6 4.4

Having thin lines and uneven patches of different color or texture, like marks on bacon and skin

adjective
/ˈstriki/

: rayado

If her mother's hair was dull and thin, Amy's hair was a thick, streaky blond.
streaky blonde hair
streaky bacon
streaky blond

It's literally not choppy or streaky or patchy at all.

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Examples

Note the blue-green streaky appearance of the surface, characteristic of outdoor exposure over time.

Academic text (2009)
The horse had a beautiful coat with a streaky pattern of light and dark colors.
OK, not so bad, little streaky, but it's not that bad.
Why do I feel like this is going to be so streaky in the end?
Even the formula was not as streaky as the last three.
Getting nice flat, non streaky color is on the difficult side.
It's making things look a little bit streaky and blotchy.
It looks a little bit streaky or something on this side.
That will leave your foundation being a lot less streaky if that's something that you struggle with, which a lot of people do.
Julia wears her streaky blonde hair loose halfway down her back.

Fiction book (1991)

Synonyms

patchy

vsstreaky

11 3.7

Not the same quality in all parts

focuses specifically on visible linear marks or streak-like unevenness

striped

vsstreaky

9 1.0

With long lines of a different color, like on a shirt or animal

is about uneven or irregular linear marks rather than regular bands

mottled

vsstreaky

7 6.3

Covered with spots or patches of different colors

narrows this to mainly irregular lines or uneven textured areas

blotchy

vsstreaky

5 5.0

Having irregular patches of colour on the skin or other surfaces

focuses on uneven lines or linear texture rather than scattered spots

dappled

vsstreaky

5 5.5

Having light and dark spots in an uneven pattern

is about uneven linear markings rather than mainly round or soft patches

variegated

vsstreaky

5 7.2

Having patches or streaks of different colors

is more about uneven linear marks rather than general colour variety

spotty

vsstreaky

4 1.4

Marked with small spots or patches of a different color

places emphasis on irregular lines or streak-like areas instead of spots

splotchy

vsstreaky

3 5.6

A surface with uneven patches or spots

is concerned with linear or streak-like uneven areas rather than blotches

spotted

vsstreaky

2 1.0

Having spots or patches of a different color

is about longer uneven lines or streaked texture rather than tiny spots

stripy

vsstreaky

1 1.0

Having lines in different colors, like a shirt with blue and white lines

emphasizes irregular, uneven lines or areas rather than neat repetition

speckled

vsstreaky

1 2.8

Covered with many small spots of a different color

focuses on elongated or irregular linear discolorations and uneven texture

veiny

vsstreaky

1 4.3

Having thin lines running through stone like marble or wood

is broader, meaning uneven linear marks or patchy colour rather than veins

streaked

vsstreaky

2.7

Having long thin lines or marks on a surface

focuses more on irregular or uneven linear marks rather than neat lines

barred

vsstreaky

3.5

Marked with stripes or bands of colour across the surface

is less orderly, highlighting uneven lines or patchy texture instead

splotched

vsstreaky

6.1

Something that has uneven spots like stains

instead highlights irregular lines or long marks rather than rounded spots

blotched

vsstreaky

6.7

Marked with irregular spots of a different color

refers more to uneven linear or streak-like colour differences than blotches

flecked

vsstreaky

4.4

With small spots of a different color

involves larger or longer uneven marks and streak-like areas instead of dots

Antonyms

smooth

256 1.0

A surface that is even and not rough

uniform

92 3.7

Always the same in all parts and at all times

How Streaky

banded

4.1

striped

9 1.0

streaky

6 4.4

mottled

7 6.3

plain

50 2.5

Surface Forms

streaky positive

Morphology

streaky = streak (transparent) = streak + y

The adjective is directly formed by adding the productive suffix '-y' to 'streak', meaning 'having streaks' or 'marked with streaks'.

Etymology

The word streaky comes from the simple word streak, which means 'a long thin mark or line'. So something streaky is marked by lines or uneven areas of color or texture, like streaky mascara or a streaky piece of bacon.