Associations to the word «Streamer»

Wiktionary

STREAMER, noun. A long, narrow flag, or piece of material used or seen as a decoration.
STREAMER, noun. Strips of paper or other material used as confetti.
STREAMER, noun. A newspaper headline that runs across the entire page.
STREAMER, noun. (heading) Of computing.
STREAMER, noun. A data storage system, mainly used to produce backups, in which large quantities of data are transferred to a continuously moving tape.
STREAMER, noun. Any mechanism for streaming data.
STREAMER, noun. (fishing) In fly fishing, a variety of wet fly designed to mimic a minnow.
STREAMER, noun. (mining) One who searches for stream tin.
STREAMER, noun. A stream or column of light shooting upward from the horizon, constituting one of the forms of the aurora borealis.

Dictionary definition

STREAMER, noun. Light that streams; "streamers of flames".
STREAMER, noun. A newspaper headline that runs across the full page.
STREAMER, noun. A long flag; often tapering.
STREAMER, noun. Long strip of cloth or paper used for decoration or advertising.

Wise words

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