different between bye vs streaky

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba?/
• Rhymes: -a?
• Homophones: bi, buy, by

Etymology 1

Variant form of by, from Old English b? (being near).

Noun

bye (plural byes)

1. The position of a person or team in a tournament or competition who draws no opponent in a particular round so advances to the next round unopposed, or is awarded points for a win in a league table; also the phantom opponent of such a person or team.

   Craig's Crew plays the bye next week.

2. (cricket) An extra scored when the batsmen take runs after the ball has passed the striker without hitting either the bat or the batsman.
3. (obsolete) A dwelling.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Gibson to this entry?)

4. (obsolete) A thing not directly aimed at; something which is a secondary object of regard; an object by the way, etc.

   • The Synod of Dort in some points condemneth, upon the by, even the discipline of the Church of England.

5. (card games) A pass.

Derived terms

• (cricket): leg bye

Etymology 2

Shortened form of goodbye.

Interjection

bye

1. (colloquial) Goodbye.

Derived terms

• tatty bye

Descendants

• ? Greenlandic: baj
• ? Faroese: bei

Translations

Etymology 3

Alternative forms.

Preposition

bye

1. Obsolete spelling of by

Noun

bye

1. Obsolete spelling of bee

Anagrams

• Bey, Eby, bey

Afrikaans

Noun

bye

1. plural of by

French

Etymology

From English bye

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baj/

Interjection

bye !

1. bye

   Allez bye ! À la revoyure.

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From English bye

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baj/

Interjection

bye

1. bye, goodbye

Synonyms

• alvida
• orevwar

Middle English

Noun

bye

1. A ring or torque; a bracelet.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book VII:

     And Kynge Arthure gaff hir a ryche bye of golde; and so she departed.

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²by?.?/

Noun

bye f or m (definite singular bya or byen, indefinite plural byer, definite plural byene)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by byge

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• bya, bøya, bøye

Etymology

From Dutch bui.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²by?.?/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

bye f (definite singular bya, indefinite plural byer, definite plural byene)

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Derived terms

References

• “bye” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Yola

Alternative forms

• buye

Etymology

From Middle English boye.

Noun

bye

1. boy

References

• Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN

English

Etymology

streak +? -y

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -i?ki

Adjective

streaky (comparative streakier, superlative streakiest)

1. Having streaks.
2. (cricket) 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.
   • 2001, Luke Alfred, Lifting the Covers: Inside South African Cricket:

     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.

   • 2005, Michael Slater, Slats: The Michael Slater Story:

     ...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.

   • 2011, Roland Perry, Bradman's Invincibles: The Inside Story of the Epic 1948 Ashes Tour:

     Compton troubled Bradman with his Chinaman, and one streaky shot was edged past Crapp at slips.

3. (chiefly of a person, usually Canada, US) Having alternating periods of good and bad performances; inconsistent.

4. (archaic, slang) Having periods of irritation or bad temper.
5. (soccer) Not well-executed, due to luck more than skill.
   • 2015, Paul Wilson, Alexis Sánchez sends Arsenal into final after gallant Reading go the distance (in The Guardian, 18 April 2015)[1]

     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.

Derived terms

• streaky bacon

Translations

References

• 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary

Anagrams

• Starkey, keytars