Spangle
noun
A small, shiny piece of metal or plastic, used to decorate clothes.
Her dress was covered in spangles.
Often appears as...
- covered in spangles
- gold spangles
verb
To decorate or cover something with many small, shiny objects.
She spangled her dress with tiny sequins.
Often appears as...
- spangled with sequins
- spangled with stars
noun
A bright, twinkling light.
The spangle of stars in the night sky was awe-inspiring.
Often appears as...
- spangle of stars
- spangle of lights
Usage tips
Poetic
noun
A small, shiny piece of metal or plastic, used to decorate clothes.
Her dress was covered in spangles.
Often appears as...
- covered in spangles
- gold spangles
verb
To decorate or cover something with many small, shiny objects.
She spangled her dress with tiny sequins.
Often appears as...
- spangled with sequins
- spangled with stars
noun
A bright, twinkling light.
The spangle of stars in the night sky was awe-inspiring.
Often appears as...
- spangle of stars
- spangle of lights
Usage tips
Poetic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/2Fashion Use
Spangle is often used in the context of fashion, especially when describing dazzling clothing.
The figure skater's costume was designed with blue and silver spangles.
Pro Tip 2/2Visual Appeal
Spangles add visual interest and can make an outfit eye-catching due to their reflective quality.
Under the stage lights, the dancer's spangled outfit shimmered beautifully.
Pro Tip 1/2Fashion Use
Spangle is often used in the context of fashion, especially when describing dazzling clothing.
The figure skater's costume was designed with blue and silver spangles.
Pro Tip 2/2Visual Appeal
Spangles add visual interest and can make an outfit eye-catching due to their reflective quality.
Under the stage lights, the dancer's spangled outfit shimmered beautifully.
Pro Tip 1/2Fashion Use
Spangle is often used in the context of fashion, especially when describing dazzling clothing.
The figure skater's costume was designed with blue and silver spangles.
Pro Tip 2/2Visual Appeal
Spangles add visual interest and can make an outfit eye-catching due to their reflective quality.
Under the stage lights, the dancer's spangled outfit shimmered beautifully.
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years behind now here we have the spangled moss and while he lives it gives a little bit of assets which come down into the bathwater and altogether makes the bog water acid containing and
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Bog Mummies PIPE Explore:...
years behind now here we have the spangled moss and while he lives it gives a little bit of assets which come down into the bathwater and altogether makes the bog water acid containing and
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Quote examples
Thomas Arnold
English Educator
Rather than have it the principal thing in my son's mind, I would gladly have him think that the sun went round the earth, and that the stars were so many spangles set in the bright blue firmament.
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Monty Don
English Celebrity
Woods are rich with biodiversity and, above all, places of trees and light that spangles a thousand greens through the leaves.
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Samuel Beckett
Irish Playwright
I shall state silences more competently than ever a better man spangled the butterflies of vertigo.
Quote examples
Thomas Arnold
English Educator
Rather than have it the principal thing in my son's mind, I would gladly have him think that the sun went round the earth, and that the stars were so many spangles set in the bright blue firmament.
Quote examples
Monty Don
English Celebrity
Woods are rich with biodiversity and, above all, places of trees and light that spangles a thousand greens through the leaves.
Quote examples
Samuel Beckett
Irish Playwright
I shall state silences more competently than ever a better man spangled the butterflies of vertigo.
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