streamer
- noun
- /ˈstriːmər/
- Literature
- Her long curly blonde hair blew back in knotted streamers when she moved.
Examples
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Each edition of the magazine included a prominent streamer to highlight the main story of the week.
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A long computer-printed streamer proclaiming "WE'RE NUMBER ONE" covered up some of it, and various tack-ups decorated the rest, at least as far off the floor as human arms could reach: complete game schedules for football, basketball, and baseball, and adjacent to that, a sign-up sheet for the football pool, almost filled.
Fiction book (1992) -
The newspaper featured a large streamer announcing the election results across the top of the front page.
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During the special event, they displayed a colorful streamer that caught everyone's attention with its bold headline.
Synonyms
A large headline that runs across the top of a newspaper page
The title at the top of a newspaper article in large print
A shocking newspaper headline to get attention
Compounds
- Jargon
A fishing lure with long wings that extend past the hook to look like a small fish
How Prominent
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Streamer comes from stream meaning 'flow' and -er meaning 'one that'. A newspaper 'streamer' is like a long strip or headline that 'flows' across the page, so the name fits the wide, running banner at the top.