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Definition of spangle in English: spanglenoun ˈspaŋɡ(ə)lˈspæŋɡəl 1A small thin piece of glittering material, typically sewn as one of many on clothing for decoration; a sequin. we were dressed for the show in leotards covered with silver spangles Example sentencesExamples - Dignity is overrated, especially when surrounded by so much spangle and sequin.
- A galaxy of spangles and silver coins glitters across each back.
- And the costumes: They can't have too many spangles.
- Still, it is now more than 20 years since Abba hung up their spangles.
- Tall of body, long of leg, blonde of hair, heavy of spangles, she stepped right out with a megawatt grin and a snappy prance.
- The old boys, who fought for King and far distant country in World War Two, drink their lager beside gay Mardi Gras revellers decked out in more feathers and spangles than you could shake a stick at.
- You will need two tissues: one to wipe your eyes, and one to mop up the spangle.
Synonyms ornament, trinket, bauble, knick-knack, gimcrack, doodah, gewgaw, folderol, fandangle - 1.1 A spot of bright colour or light.
the fish is spotted with spangles of colour Example sentencesExamples - He turned the image, held it six inches from my face while I examined the spangle of reflected light.
verb ˈspaŋɡ(ə)lˈspæŋɡəl [with object]usually as adjective spangledCover with spangles or other small sparkling objects. Example sentencesExamples - Her gown was black, spangled with diamonds, giving it the appearance of the sky on a clear night.
- The moonlit night was cool, almost chill, clear, spangled with stars, and no longer soaked with rain.
- People sitting in the big top were in trances, distracted by the cracking of peanut hulls and dazzled by spangled spandex wardrobes.
- His compendious book ranges from dry speculation on geology to exquisite description of flora, spangled with remarkably apt epigrams.
- That future may seem bleak if you don't look good in spangled bustiers and hot pants.
- You know the story, we all know the story of Dorothy, the Kansas farm girl with the spangling red slippers, who is transported to Oz in a whirling, spiralling tornado, here depicted by the spinning of the farmhouse.
- The cape and gloves were spangled with purple glitter, as were his jester shoes and the headband of his hat, both of which had sparkling amethysts dangling from their ends instead of the usual bells.
Synonyms shine, sparkle, twinkle, glint, gleam, shimmer, glimmer, flicker, blink, wink, catch the light, flash
Derivatives adjectivespangliest, spanglier ˈspaŋɡ(ə)liˈspæŋ(ə)li Participants are being urged to get into the spirit by pulling on tight trousers or a spangly jumpsuit. Example sentencesExamples - It is a spangly piece of tuneful easy listening, a record unashamed of a simple chorus and a driving rhythm.
- The bridge is busy on market days with old ladies going shopping, wiry farmers carrying shoulder poles hung with live ducks, and young women in spangly shoes carrying umbrellas to keep themselves out of the sun.
- It's a traditional, in-your-face, spangly panto and a fabulous family night out!
- Let's face it, even ignoring the lyrics, it's a spangly, sparkly pink feather boa of a song.
Origin Late Middle English: diminutive from obsolete spang 'glittering ornament', from Middle Dutch spange 'buckle'. Rhymes angle, bangle, bespangle, dangle, entangle, fandangle, jangle, mangel, mangle, strangle, tangle, wangle, wide-angle, wrangle Definition of spangle in US English: spanglenounˈspæŋɡəlˈspaNGɡəl 1A small thin piece of glittering material, typically used in quantity to ornament a dress; a sequin. Example sentencesExamples - The old boys, who fought for King and far distant country in World War Two, drink their lager beside gay Mardi Gras revellers decked out in more feathers and spangles than you could shake a stick at.
- A galaxy of spangles and silver coins glitters across each back.
- And the costumes: They can't have too many spangles.
- Tall of body, long of leg, blonde of hair, heavy of spangles, she stepped right out with a megawatt grin and a snappy prance.
- Still, it is now more than 20 years since Abba hung up their spangles.
- Dignity is overrated, especially when surrounded by so much spangle and sequin.
- You will need two tissues: one to wipe your eyes, and one to mop up the spangle.
Synonyms ornament, trinket, bauble, knick-knack, gimcrack, doodah, gewgaw, folderol, fandangle - 1.1 A small sparkling object; a spot of bright color or light.
Example sentencesExamples - He turned the image, held it six inches from my face while I examined the spangle of reflected light.
verbˈspæŋɡəlˈspaNGɡəl [with object]usually as adjective spangledCover with spangles or other small sparkling objects. a spangled Christmas doll Example sentencesExamples - The cape and gloves were spangled with purple glitter, as were his jester shoes and the headband of his hat, both of which had sparkling amethysts dangling from their ends instead of the usual bells.
- The moonlit night was cool, almost chill, clear, spangled with stars, and no longer soaked with rain.
- People sitting in the big top were in trances, distracted by the cracking of peanut hulls and dazzled by spangled spandex wardrobes.
- His compendious book ranges from dry speculation on geology to exquisite description of flora, spangled with remarkably apt epigrams.
- Her gown was black, spangled with diamonds, giving it the appearance of the sky on a clear night.
- That future may seem bleak if you don't look good in spangled bustiers and hot pants.
- You know the story, we all know the story of Dorothy, the Kansas farm girl with the spangling red slippers, who is transported to Oz in a whirling, spiralling tornado, here depicted by the spinning of the farmhouse.
Synonyms shine, sparkle, twinkle, glint, gleam, shimmer, glimmer, flicker, blink, wink, catch the light, flash
Origin Late Middle English: diminutive from obsolete spang ‘glittering ornament’, from Middle Dutch spange ‘buckle’. |