Tassel
noun
A hanging piece of string, rope or thread, typically used for decoration on clothing or curtains.
She wore a dress with gold tassels on the sleeves.
Often appears as...
- gold tassel
- silk tassel
noun
The part on some plants, such as corn, where the male flowers grow.
Each corn stalk has only one tassel.
Often appears as...
- corn tassel
- maize tassel
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To decorate with tassels.
She tasselled the curtain edges to make them look more extravagant.
Often appears as...
- tassel the edges
- tassel the corners
noun
A hanging piece of string, rope or thread, typically used for decoration on clothing or curtains.
She wore a dress with gold tassels on the sleeves.
Often appears as...
- gold tassel
- silk tassel
noun
The part on some plants, such as corn, where the male flowers grow.
Each corn stalk has only one tassel.
Often appears as...
- corn tassel
- maize tassel
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To decorate with tassels.
She tasselled the curtain edges to make them look more extravagant.
Often appears as...
- tassel the edges
- tassel the corners
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Decoration
Tassels are often decorative and can add a playful or luxurious touch to objects.
The velvet pillow was adorned with purple tassels.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Significance
Tassels may carry cultural significance, like in graduation caps or military uniforms.
Graduates toss their cap tassels from right to left to signify their achievement.
Pro Tip 3/3Fashion Accessory
Tassels are commonly found as a trendy accessory in fashion, such as on bags or shoes.
Her sandals had colorful tassels swinging with each step.
Pro Tip 1/3Decoration
Tassels are often decorative and can add a playful or luxurious touch to objects.
The velvet pillow was adorned with purple tassels.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Significance
Tassels may carry cultural significance, like in graduation caps or military uniforms.
Graduates toss their cap tassels from right to left to signify their achievement.
Pro Tip 3/3Fashion Accessory
Tassels are commonly found as a trendy accessory in fashion, such as on bags or shoes.
Her sandals had colorful tassels swinging with each step.
Pro Tip 1/3Decoration
Tassels are often decorative and can add a playful or luxurious touch to objects.
The velvet pillow was adorned with purple tassels.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Significance
Tassels may carry cultural significance, like in graduation caps or military uniforms.
Graduates toss their cap tassels from right to left to signify their achievement.
Pro Tip 3/3Fashion Accessory
Tassels are commonly found as a trendy accessory in fashion, such as on bags or shoes.
Her sandals had colorful tassels swinging with each step.
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Video examples
Seven Superpowered...
that they lay on creating the perfect disguise and let's talk a little bit about these tassels on the end of their face because it's not just for style though you gotta admit it's a pretty stylish mustache they look like the schnauzers of the sea these tassels also help the sharks blend in they give smaller fish a sense of security but little do they know they're
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Safari Live - Day 322 PIPE...
who got it right it is tassel three on grass so called because the little bits of the seed or the little bits of the branch what you call it why can't I remember the name spike litt whatever it goes out in three so it's got a little branch three I forgot to take it with me so now I can't
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Safari Live - Day 269 PIPE...
would be something like a bear bears don't have this particular foot structure they have a plantigrade foot structure like a human in the more advanced version of this foot structures when the these various tassels or carpals and phalanges are fused together
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Safari Live - Day 170 PIPE...
little seeds are the ones that are jumping into my socks and this called a tassel three on there's a little spike on the end and then it's got the three tassels at the top over there and these spike into your socks and it becomes almost excruciating
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Safari Live - Day 146 PIPE...
irritating and it look at the gracia it is completely full of this stuff so when you walk through here these tassel 3 owns really get into your socks and really irritate you so wearing gaiters is one of the things it really helps
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Safari Live - Day 316 PIPE...
lost the tassel of the tail you know the lions are the only cats amongst the big amongst the kids who's got a tassel at the tip of the tail so the manganese males as a result of mange they have lost that tassel let's look at that
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Deep Inside the First...
uh elk apart from apart from wildlife which it would be nice to see some animals um but come on we saw a tassel or squirrel did we taste it you got a picture of it it's like a combination bunny rabbit squirrel
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Safari Live - Day 272 PIPE...
have a completely different foot structure with all of your tassels and carpals extended I would love to be able to do that of course he's a pipedream and will never ever happen but it would
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Safari Live - Day 265 PIPE...
of the a tail so this is the only species monks the failings the cat which has got the tassel by the tail don't get surprised I do have some other
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DoDDS Finalist PIPE...
this is not a juicer castle is one of hundreds in Yokohama protection to those famous things towards your tassel here I was two weeks
Video examples
Seven Superpowered...
that they lay on creating the perfect disguise and let's talk a little bit about these tassels on the end of their face because it's not just for style though you gotta admit it's a pretty stylish mustache they look like the schnauzers of the sea these tassels also help the sharks blend in they give smaller fish a sense of security but little do they know they're
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 322 PIPE...
who got it right it is tassel three on grass so called because the little bits of the seed or the little bits of the branch what you call it why can't I remember the name spike litt whatever it goes out in three so it's got a little branch three I forgot to take it with me so now I can't
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 269 PIPE...
would be something like a bear bears don't have this particular foot structure they have a plantigrade foot structure like a human in the more advanced version of this foot structures when the these various tassels or carpals and phalanges are fused together
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 170 PIPE...
little seeds are the ones that are jumping into my socks and this called a tassel three on there's a little spike on the end and then it's got the three tassels at the top over there and these spike into your socks and it becomes almost excruciating
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 146 PIPE...
irritating and it look at the gracia it is completely full of this stuff so when you walk through here these tassel 3 owns really get into your socks and really irritate you so wearing gaiters is one of the things it really helps
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 316 PIPE...
lost the tassel of the tail you know the lions are the only cats amongst the big amongst the kids who's got a tassel at the tip of the tail so the manganese males as a result of mange they have lost that tassel let's look at that
Video examples
Deep Inside the First...
uh elk apart from apart from wildlife which it would be nice to see some animals um but come on we saw a tassel or squirrel did we taste it you got a picture of it it's like a combination bunny rabbit squirrel
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 272 PIPE...
have a completely different foot structure with all of your tassels and carpals extended I would love to be able to do that of course he's a pipedream and will never ever happen but it would
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 265 PIPE...
of the a tail so this is the only species monks the failings the cat which has got the tassel by the tail don't get surprised I do have some other
Video examples
DoDDS Finalist PIPE...
this is not a juicer castle is one of hundreds in Yokohama protection to those famous things towards your tassel here I was two weeks
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Quote examples
Jeffrey Kluger
American Writer
A jellyfish is little more than a pulsating bell, a tassel of trailing tentacles and a single digestive opening through which it both eats and excretes - as regrettable an example of economy of design as ever was.
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Hornswoggle
American Wrestler
There was no better entrance in history than The Ultimate Warrior. It was the greatest entrance between the music that had that guitar riff, and that face paint, and the tassels, and the gear. It was the greatest!
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Sarah Millican
In our family, when you have a part-time job you are then responsible for non-essential clothing. Glittery tops, skirts with tassels, clompy patent leather shoes that are the sensible girl's version of stilettos.
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W. Bruce Cameron
American Author
Without a dog, I would have tassels on my throw pillows instead of little stubs of yarn that look like small worms. The pillows seem to function just fine without the tassels, so perhaps it isn't a problem.
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Cam'ron
American Musician
They didn't know what to do with rap music. You walk into Epic, and they're wearing straight-leg khakis with creases, Prada shoes with tassels. They couldn't comprehend where I was coming from.
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Grace Potter
American Musician
I've gone from wearing jeans and cowboy boots to wearing miniskirts and gold tassels and high heels. I'm sure I'm not going to dress that way forever. It's going to change again and again.
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Timothy Thomas Fortune
American Writer
The white men of the South had better make up their minds that the blacks will remain in the South just as long as corn will tassel and cotton will bloom into whiteness.
Quote examples
Jeffrey Kluger
American Writer
A jellyfish is little more than a pulsating bell, a tassel of trailing tentacles and a single digestive opening through which it both eats and excretes - as regrettable an example of economy of design as ever was.
Quote examples
Hornswoggle
American Wrestler
There was no better entrance in history than The Ultimate Warrior. It was the greatest entrance between the music that had that guitar riff, and that face paint, and the tassels, and the gear. It was the greatest!
Quote examples
Sarah Millican
In our family, when you have a part-time job you are then responsible for non-essential clothing. Glittery tops, skirts with tassels, clompy patent leather shoes that are the sensible girl's version of stilettos.
Quote examples
W. Bruce Cameron
American Author
Without a dog, I would have tassels on my throw pillows instead of little stubs of yarn that look like small worms. The pillows seem to function just fine without the tassels, so perhaps it isn't a problem.
Quote examples
Cam'ron
American Musician
They didn't know what to do with rap music. You walk into Epic, and they're wearing straight-leg khakis with creases, Prada shoes with tassels. They couldn't comprehend where I was coming from.
Quote examples
Grace Potter
American Musician
I've gone from wearing jeans and cowboy boots to wearing miniskirts and gold tassels and high heels. I'm sure I'm not going to dress that way forever. It's going to change again and again.
Quote examples
Timothy Thomas Fortune
American Writer
The white men of the South had better make up their minds that the blacks will remain in the South just as long as corn will tassel and cotton will bloom into whiteness.
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