Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Resembling spangles; having the glittering effect produced by many bright points.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Resembling, or consisting of, spangles; glittering.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Decorated withspangles ;sparkly .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective covered with beads or jewels or sequins
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Examples
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I dreamt last night that I went out for a drink with biscuitware and that halfway through the night he suddenly jumped up from his seat to perform an all-singing all-dancing musical number, accompanied by a well-rehearsed large chorus all in spangly costume.
The One That's Still Making Me Chuckle kisobel 2005
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However the presenters told the officers that all they were carrying were hairbrushes, plastic walkie-talkies and blue "spangly" hairdryers, as they recreated a scene from the popular children's how Dork Hunters.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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One reviewer has used the word 'spangly'; I only wish I had thought of it first.
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La Klum herself is in New Balance along with a spangly black jumpsuit.
Holly Cara Price: Rubbernecking Recap: Project Runway, Episode 5, "Off the Track" Holly Cara Price 2011
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La Klum herself is in New Balance along with a spangly black jumpsuit.
Holly Cara Price: Rubbernecking Recap: Project Runway, Episode 5, "Off the Track" Holly Cara Price 2011
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La Klum herself is in New Balance along with a spangly black jumpsuit.
Holly Cara Price: Rubbernecking Recap: Project Runway, Episode 5, "Off the Track" Holly Cara Price 2011
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La Klum herself is in New Balance along with a spangly black jumpsuit.
Holly Cara Price: Rubbernecking Recap: Project Runway, Episode 5, "Off the Track" Holly Cara Price 2011
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La Klum herself is in New Balance along with a spangly black jumpsuit.
Holly Cara Price: Rubbernecking Recap: Project Runway, Episode 5, "Off the Track" Holly Cara Price 2011
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La Klum herself is in New Balance along with a spangly black jumpsuit.
Holly Cara Price: Rubbernecking Recap: Project Runway, Episode 5, "Off the Track" Holly Cara Price 2011
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La Klum herself is in New Balance along with a spangly black jumpsuit.
Holly Cara Price: Rubbernecking Recap: Project Runway, Episode 5, "Off the Track" Holly Cara Price 2011
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