streamer
Use Streamer in a sentence
mər noun
1.
something that streams: streamers of flame.
2.
a long, narrow flag or pennant.
3.
a long, flowing ribbon, feather, or the like used for ornament, as in dress.
4.
any long, narrow piece or thing, as a spray of a plant or a strip of cloud.
5.
a stream of light, especially one appearing in some forms of the aurora borealis.
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is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
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| —n | |
| 1. | a long narrow flag or part of a flag |
| 2. | a long narrow coiled ribbon of coloured paper that becomes unrolled when tossed |
| 3. | a stream of light, esp one appearing in some forms of the aurora |
| 4. | journalism a large heavy headline printed across the width of a page of a newspaper |
| 5. | computing another word for tape streamer |
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Example sentences
At the melt temperature specified for the wax, the spring ejects the spooled streamer out of the cartridge.
Oddly enough, the newspapers under-played it, even though they gave it streamer headlines day after day.
Overall shape, growth pattern, and timing of the streamer trees can be recorded.
In high-flow conditions, a bulky streamer or flashy spinner can produce impressive results.
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