Spangle

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A small, often circular piece of sparkling metal or plastic sewn especially on garments for decoration.
  • n. A small sparkling object, drop, or spot: spangles of sunlight.
  • v. To adorn or cause to sparkle by covering with or as if with spangles: Lights spangled the night skyline.
  • verb-intransitive. To sparkle in the manner of spangles.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A small piece of sparkling metallic material sewn on to a garment as decoration; a sequin.
  • n. Any small sparkling object.
  • v. To sparkle, flash or coruscate.
  • v. To fix spangles to a garment.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A small plate or boss of shining metal; something brilliant used as an ornament, especially when stitched on the dress.
  • n. Figuratively, any little thing that sparkless.
  • v. To set or sprinkle with, or as with, spangles; to adorn with small, distinct, brilliant bodies.
  • verb-intransitive. To show brilliant spots or points; to glisten; to glitter.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A small piece of glittering material, such as metal foil; hence, any small sparkling object.
  • n. One of the small metal clasps used in fastening the tapes and wires of a hoop-skirt.
  • n. A spongy excrescence on the oak. See oakspangle.
  • To set or cover with many small bright objects or points; especially, to decorate with spangles. as a garment.
  • To glitter; glisten, like anything set with spangles.
  • n. One of many small, somewhat triangular spots on the wing of a pigeon or fowl.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. glitter as if covered with spangles
  • v. decorate with spangles
  • n. adornment consisting of a small piece of shiny material used to decorate clothing
  • Verb Form
    spangled    spangles    spangling   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    glint    glisten    shine    gleam    glitter    grace    decorate    beautify    ornament    adorn   
    Cross Reference
    Spangles   
    Form
    spangled    spangling   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    glisten    glitter    paillette    start    twinkle   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Angle    Wrangell    angle    bangle    dangle    disentangle    entangle    fangle    jangle    mangle   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    scribner    jimi    blick    medula    eluxury    Fiona    wati    kq    France    gyü