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span·gle
(spăng′gəl)n.
1. A small, often circular piece of sparkling metal or plastic sewn especially on garments for decoration.
2. A small sparkling object, drop, or spot: spangles of sunlight.
v. span·gled, span·gling, span·gles
v.tr.
To adorn or cause to sparkle by covering with or as if with spangles: Lights spangled the night skyline.
v.intr.
To sparkle in the manner of spangles.
[Middle English spangel, diminutive of spange, from Middle Dutch, clasp; see (s)pen- in Indo-European roots.]
span′gly adj.
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spangled
(ˈspæŋɡəld)adj
covered with small shiny objects
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Adj. | 1. | spangled - covered with beads or jewels or sequins |
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spangled
[ˈspæŋgəld] adj → pailleté(e)spangled with
a dark night sky spangled with stars → une nuit sombre constellée d'étoiles
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