streamer

English

/ˈstɹiːmə(ɹ)/

noun
Definitions
  • A long, narrow flag, or piece of material used or seen as a decoration.
  • Strips of paper or other material used as confetti.
  • (journalism) A newspaper headline that runs along the top of a page.
  • (heading) In computing.
  • (fishing) In fly fishing, a variety of wet fly designed to mimic a minnow.
  • (mining) One who searches for stream tin.
  • A stream or column of light shooting upward from the horizon, constituting one of the forms of the aurora borealis.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English stremer affix from English stream.

Origin

English

stream

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