Bauble
noun
A small and cheap ornament, especially decorative ball hung on a Christmas tree.
We decorated the Christmas tree with glittering baubles.
Often appears as...
- christmas bauble
- hanging bauble
noun
Something of little importance or value.
These reforms are just political baubles without any substance.
Often appears as...
- political bauble
- worthless bauble
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
A small and cheap ornament, especially decorative ball hung on a Christmas tree.
We decorated the Christmas tree with glittering baubles.
Often appears as...
- christmas bauble
- hanging bauble
noun
Something of little importance or value.
These reforms are just political baubles without any substance.
Often appears as...
- political bauble
- worthless bauble
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Holiday Specific
Use 'bauble' to refer to Christmas ornaments, a festive context is often implied.
Every year, the family treasure box is opened to hang ancestral baubles on the tree.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorically Speaking
'Bauble' can be used metaphorically to describe things that are superficially attractive but not valuable.
He offered me a shiny bauble, but I knew it wasn't real gold.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Shape
'Bauble' often suggests the object is spherical, though it can apply to other shapes.
She wore a necklace with a bauble pendant.
Pro Tip 1/3Holiday Specific
Use 'bauble' to refer to Christmas ornaments, a festive context is often implied.
Every year, the family treasure box is opened to hang ancestral baubles on the tree.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorically Speaking
'Bauble' can be used metaphorically to describe things that are superficially attractive but not valuable.
He offered me a shiny bauble, but I knew it wasn't real gold.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Shape
'Bauble' often suggests the object is spherical, though it can apply to other shapes.
She wore a necklace with a bauble pendant.
Pro Tip 1/3Holiday Specific
Use 'bauble' to refer to Christmas ornaments, a festive context is often implied.
Every year, the family treasure box is opened to hang ancestral baubles on the tree.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorically Speaking
'Bauble' can be used metaphorically to describe things that are superficially attractive but not valuable.
He offered me a shiny bauble, but I knew it wasn't real gold.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Shape
'Bauble' often suggests the object is spherical, though it can apply to other shapes.
She wore a necklace with a bauble pendant.
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Video examples
How Christmas Trees Are...
needles back down a bunch of branches have been stained together using a polypropylene twine and the sharp edges are bent over to stop little children hurting themselves as they hang their baubles from the tree now all that's
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Felix Dennis' odes to...
And women grew willing to sham and to bluff. Their trinkets and baubles cost little enough. From 40 to 50, grown easy and sly,
Video examples
How Christmas Trees Are...
needles back down a bunch of branches have been stained together using a polypropylene twine and the sharp edges are bent over to stop little children hurting themselves as they hang their baubles from the tree now all that's
Video examples
Felix Dennis' odes to...
And women grew willing to sham and to bluff. Their trinkets and baubles cost little enough. From 40 to 50, grown easy and sly,
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Quote examples
David Baddiel
English Comedian
My show 'Fame: Not the Musical' is about the fact that fame is seen in two ways in our culture: either as a glittering bauble we desperately covet, or as a narrative of tragedy and despair. My own experience of fame is a third, mundane way, which often involves being mistaken for someone else - Ian Broudie from the Lightning Seeds, or Steve Wright.
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George Benson
American Musician
Andres Segovia, the great name for guitar, he put classical guitar on the map. He was the proponent of it, the best in the world. So I was listening to a record that he had made, and a little bauble happened in the middle of the record. A finger slipped, and I said, 'Wait a minute. He's not allowed to make mistakes,' - my mind.
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Joan Collins
American Actress
When I finish dressing before a night out and have put on all the accessories, I usually look at myself in the mirror long and hard and then end up removing something. Whether it's a belt, bracelet or a bauble, less is always more.
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Jeannie Mai
American Celebrity
Anything that's shiny, you can mix together. I love rhinestones with sequins, or baubles with fun gold metallics.
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Brian Sutton-Smith
American Psychologist
A toy is seen both as a bauble and as an intellectual machine.
Quote examples
David Baddiel
English Comedian
My show 'Fame: Not the Musical' is about the fact that fame is seen in two ways in our culture: either as a glittering bauble we desperately covet, or as a narrative of tragedy and despair. My own experience of fame is a third, mundane way, which often involves being mistaken for someone else - Ian Broudie from the Lightning Seeds, or Steve Wright.
Quote examples
George Benson
American Musician
Andres Segovia, the great name for guitar, he put classical guitar on the map. He was the proponent of it, the best in the world. So I was listening to a record that he had made, and a little bauble happened in the middle of the record. A finger slipped, and I said, 'Wait a minute. He's not allowed to make mistakes,' - my mind.
Quote examples
Joan Collins
American Actress
When I finish dressing before a night out and have put on all the accessories, I usually look at myself in the mirror long and hard and then end up removing something. Whether it's a belt, bracelet or a bauble, less is always more.
Quote examples
Jeannie Mai
American Celebrity
Anything that's shiny, you can mix together. I love rhinestones with sequins, or baubles with fun gold metallics.
Quote examples
Brian Sutton-Smith
American Psychologist
A toy is seen both as a bauble and as an intellectual machine.
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