viiri — meaning in English

English meaning

• pennant noun A narrow, tapering flag, often triangular, used for signaling, decoration, or to mark a special occasion.
• streamer noun A long, narrow flag, or piece of material used or seen as a decoration.

Senses

viiri is used for these senses in English:

• gyron (heraldiccharge) A triangular form having an angle at the fess point and the opposite side at the edge of the escutcheon.
• pennant A flag normally used by naval vessels to represent a special condition.
• streamer A long, narrow flag, or piece of material used or seen as a decoration.
• vexillum A flag, banner, or standard.

pennant — full definition

1. noun A narrow, tapering flag, often triangular, used for signaling, decoration, or to mark a special occasion.
2. noun A championship, or the flag awarded for winning one, especially in baseball.

streamer — full definition

1. noun A long, narrow flag, or piece of material used or seen as a decoration.
2. noun Strips of paper or other material used as confetti.
3. noun A newspaper headline that runs along the top of a page.
4. 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.

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