plural streamers
1
b
: any long narrow wavy strip resembling or suggesting a banner floating in the wind
c
2
: one that streams digital data (see stream entry 2 sense transitive 3)
The rub, of course, is that music streaming isn't a terribly profitable business, due mostly to the royalties streamers must pay to labels and artists.—
Dan Gallagher
Dan GallagherThe app's audience peaked at 2.4 million concurrent streamers…—Yoree Koh
Yoree Koh3
a
: a long extension of the solar corona visible only during a total solar eclipse
b
Examples of streamer in a Sentence
streamers in the team's colors hung from the top of the stadium
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Streamer: When air is charged with electricity during a lightning storm, a burst of energy (or streamer), can move upward from objects near the ground.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 May 2025
There will be hopes at the streamer that Nouvelle Vague can join others such as Ballad of a Small Player, Frankenstein and Jay Kelly in the next awards fray.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 26 May 2025
The high school grads also got to throw their caps and streamers in the air and were treated to a fireworks display in celebration of the special milestone.
—Rachel McRady, People.com, 26 May 2025
Sources at the streamer told The Hollywood Reporter the show was dropped due to a decline in viewership.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 26 May 2025
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Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 May 2025
There will be hopes at the streamer that Nouvelle Vague can join others such as Ballad of a Small Player, Frankenstein and Jay Kelly in the next awards fray.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 26 May 2025
The high school grads also got to throw their caps and streamers in the air and were treated to a fireworks display in celebration of the special milestone.
—Rachel McRady, People.com, 26 May 2025
Sources at the streamer told The Hollywood Reporter the show was dropped due to a decline in viewership.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 26 May 2025
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“Streamer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/streamer. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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streamer
noun
stream·er
ˈstrē-mər 
1
a
: a flag that streams in the wind
especially
: pennant sense 1
b
: a long narrow wavy strip suggesting a banner floating in the wind
2
plural
: aurora borealis
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