streamliner

noun

stream·​lin·​er ˈstrēm-ˌlī-nər 

: one that is streamlined

especially : a streamlined train

Example Sentences

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The near 700,000 Black folk who arrived in L.A. between 1940 and 1970, who locomoted the City of Los Angeles streamliner or rode a grumbling Greyhound or braved the crucible of driving. —Mitchell S. Jackson, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2022

Parked on the tracks alongside the plant is the Nancy Hanks II, a streamliner between Atlanta and Savannah with deluxe coaches and a grill-lounge car. —Bo Emerson, ajc, 25 Oct. 2021

The streamliner flipped twice — end-over-end —and rolled in the air. —Joe Michaud, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Apr. 2021

Her team wants the FIM land speed record held since 2010 by Rocky Robinson, riding the Top One Ack-Attack streamliner at 376.363 mph. —Joe Michaud, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Apr. 2021

Learn how production companies at the time were setting up fantastic stunt production feats, from sinking an 8,000-ton streamliner to an untethered jump from a hot air balloon. —Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 22 July 2020

Since then, Thompson has put her entire focus and energy into the four-wheel streamliner. —Bob Mcmanaman, azcentral, 14 Mar. 2020

Passengers can choose from four seating classes: streamliner, premier, first and executive. —Bharbi Hazarika, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2019

So Thompson puts his streamliner on the trailer and heads back to the Salt Flats in 1968. —Mark Mahaney, Smithsonian, 10 July 2019

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Word History

First Known Use

1934, in the meaning defined above