noun. Very thin sheets, strips, or threads of a glittering material used as a decoration.

noun. Something sparkling or showy but basically valueless.

adjective. Made of or decorated with tinsel.

adjective. Gaudy, showy, and basically valueless.

transitive verb. To decorate with or as if with tinsel.

transitive verb. To give a false sparkle to.

noun. Loss; forfeiture.

Specifically, to embellish (ceramic ware) with metallic effects.

To adorn with tinsel; hence, to adorn with anything showy and glittering.

noun. Some glittering metallic substance, as burnished brass, copper, or tin, made in sheets approaching the thinness of foil, and used in pieces, strips, or threads for any purpose in which a sparkling effect is desired without much cost. Gold and silver tinsel, round or flat, made of Dutch metal, is much employed in the manufacture of artificial flies.

noun. A fabric or some material for dress overlaid or shot with glittering metallic sparkles or threads. The name has been given to cloth of silk interwoven with gold or silver threads.

noun. Figuratively, glistening or gaudy show; superficial glitter or sparkle; garish pretense.

Consisting of, or characteristic of, tinsel; hence, gaudy; showy to excess; speciously glittering.

noun. In electricity, fine threads of copper or bronze wire used in making up flexible stranded conductors for portable and other fixtures.

transitive verb. To adorn with tinsel; to deck out with cheap but showy ornaments; to make gaudy.

adjective. Showy to excess; gaudy; specious; superficial.

noun. A shining material used for ornamental purposes; especially, a very thin, gauzelike cloth with much gold or silver woven into it; also, very thin metal overlaid with a thin coating of gold or silver, brass foil, or the like.

noun. Something shining and gaudy; something superficially shining and showy, or having a false luster, and more gay than valuable.

noun. A shining material used for ornamental purposes; especially, a very thin, gauzelike cloth with much gold or silver woven into it; also, very thin metal overlaid with a thin coating of gold or silver, brass foil, or the like.

noun. Very thin strips of a glittering, metallic material used as a decoration, and traditionally, draped at Christmas time over streamers, paper chains and the branches of Christmas trees.

noun. Anything shining and gaudy; something superficially shining and showy, or having a false luster, and more gay than valuable.

adjective. Glittering, later especially superficially so; gaudy, showy.

verb. To adorn with tinsel; to deck out with cheap but showy ornaments; to make gaudy.

verb. To give a false sparkle to (something).

noun. a thread with glittering metal foil attached

verb. interweave with tinsel

verb. adorn with tinsel

noun. a showy decoration that is basically valueless

verb. impart a cheap brightness to

"Interestingly though, the English word 'tinsel' is actually taken, not from German but from the French word 'estincele', which translates roughly as 'sparkle'. deklin42, posted this comment on Dec 3rd, 2009"

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