Spangle

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  • noun. A small, often circular piece of sparkling metal or plastic sewn especially on garments for decoration.
  • noun. A small sparkling object, drop, or spot.
  • intransitive verb. To adorn or cause to sparkle by covering with or as if with spangles.
  • intransitive verb. To sparkle in the manner of spangles.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A small piece of glittering material, such as metal foil; hence, any small sparkling object.
  • noun. One of the small metal clasps used in fastening the tapes and wires of a hoop-skirt.
  • noun. A spongy excrescence on the oak. See oakspangle.
  • noun. One of many small, somewhat triangular spots on the wing of a pigeon or fowl.
  • 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.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To show brilliant spots or points; to glisten; to glitter.
  • noun. A small plate or boss of shining metal; something brilliant used as an ornament, especially when stitched on the dress.
  • noun. Figuratively, any little thing that sparkless.
  • noun. See under Oak.
  • transitive verb. To set or sprinkle with, or as with, spangles; to adorn with small, distinct, brilliant bodies.
  • transitive verb. a tropical humming bird (Lophornis reginæ). See Coquette, 2.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A small piece of sparkling metallic material sewn on to a garment as decoration; a sequin.
  • noun. Any small sparkling object.
  • verb. To sparkle, flash or coruscate.
  • verb. To fix spangles to a garment.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. glitter as if covered with spangles
  • verb. decorate with spangles
  • noun. adornment consisting of a small piece of shiny material used to decorate clothing
  • Word Usage
    "The Copper Beeches and Aspens spangle goldenly against the steel-blue sky."
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    Angle  Wrangell  angle  bangle  dangle  
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    adorn  band  bar  bead  bejewel  
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