I. ˈstrēmə(r) noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English stremer, from stremen to stream + -er — more at stream
1.
a. : a flag that streams in the wind ; especially : pennant
b. : a wavy band resembling a fluttering pennon
clouds … like streamers of snow — O.E.Rölvaag
c. : a narrow free-floating strip (as of cloth or crepe paper)
a hat with streamers down the back
a hall festooned with streamers
d. : streamer fly
e. : a ribbon poster especially used in a window or store display and often having a single line of wording
f. : banner 4
g. : a parachute that streams out from the pack but fails to blossom
2.
a. obsolete : the tail of a comet
b. : a long gauzelike extension of the solar corona brighter at the base and fading to invisibility at the end, sometimes showing filamentous structure, and visible only during a total solar eclipse
c. streamers plural : aurora borealis
d. : a visible brush discharge streaming out from some part of an electric circuit or charged body — compare corona 2g
3. : one that washes sand or gravel in search of ore
Synonyms: see flag
II. transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
: to provide or decorate with streamers