streamer
/ˈstɹiːmɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.04 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A long, narrow flag, or piece of material used or seen as a decoration.
noun
A newspaper headline that runs along the top of a page.
noun
A data storage system, mainly used to produce backups, in which large quantities of data are transferred to a continuously moving tape; a tape drive.
noun
Any mechanism for streaming data.
noun
A subscription service that streams content to an audience.
noun
A person who streams activities on their computer (especially video gaming) to a live online audience.
Example Sentences
- "Brave Rupert from afar appears, / Whose waving streamers the glad general knows."
- "A second squire held aloft his master's lance, from the extremity of which fluttered a small banderole, or streamer, bearing a cross of the same form with that embroidered upon his cloak."
- "Nothing could well resemble less a typical English street than […] the multifarious awnings, banners, and streamers, […]"
- "Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines."
- "[…] from a cancan to a gothic tableau featuring mock-beheaded women at the windows of the Conciergerie with red streamers that looked like macabre spurting blood."
- "However, integration of a bandwidth estimation algorithm into an adaptive video streamer is not an easy task. Firstly, bandwidth estimation requires sending extra burst packets that brings a considerable overhead into the system."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: stremer
Usage
- British usage