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Definition: Spangle |
SpangleNoun1. Adornment consisting of a small piece of shiny material used to decorate clothing. Verb1. Glitter as if covered with spangles. 2. Decorate with spangles. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "spangle" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1120. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Spangle n. [UK] The singular of bells and whistles. See also spungle. Source: Jargon File. |
Slang in 1811 | SPANGLE. A seven shilling piece. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Spangle, Washington."
Synonyms: SpangleSynonyms: diamante (n), sequin (n), bespangle (v). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: spangling (metallurgy). |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Ornament | Garnish, trim, dizen, bedizen, prink, prank; trick out, fig out; deck, bedeck, dight, bedight, array; begawd, titivate; dress, dress up; spangle, bespangle, powder; embroider, work; chase, emboss, fret, emblazon; illuminate; illustrate. |
Finery, frippery, gewgaw, gimcrack, tinsel, spangle, clinquant, pinchbeck, paste; excess of ornament; (vulgarity); gaud, pride. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Spangle |
| English words defined with "spangle": Spangling. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Laying It Off for Spangle (1970) | |
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| "Spangle" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 40.00% of the time. "Spangle" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 40% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (singular) | 40% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 20% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 5 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "spangle" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Spangle | Last name | 200 | 31,088 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
1. Spangle, WA (city, FIPS 66290) |
Expression using "spangle": oak spangle. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "spangle": mid-spangle. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "spangle"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | Stolis Me Xhingla, Xhingël (catchpenny, curio, gewgaw, gimcrack, knick knack, Nick nack, tinsel, trinket). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | قرص متلالئ, تلألأ (glint, glisten, luster, lustre, scintillate, shimmer, sparkle, twinkle), اللمعة, الترترة (sequin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | Обсипвам С Лъскави Предмети, Пайета, Малък Израстък На "ъбов Лист, Украсявам С Пайети, Лотура, "ребна Лъскава частичка, "ребен Лъскав Предмет. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 金光閃爍 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | Pajetka, Flitr (sequin), Cetkami Posázet, Cetka (bauble, tinsel, trinket). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | zinkblomst, krystalblomst, glansflade. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | zinkbloemen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | پولک وسنگهای بدلی زینت لباس , منجوق , هرچیززرق وبرق دار, درخشش (Eclat, Glitter, Luster, Scintillation, Shine, Sparkle), باپولک مزین کردن . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | hely (trinket). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | Paillette, Pailleter, fleurage, Étinceler. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Zinkblume. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | άνθος ψευδαργύρου, Στιλπνό ίόσμημα, "ιακοσμώ, ούλια. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ֳיסקית ׀וצצת, ּקשט ֱ צ צים. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | Flitter (paillette, sequin, tinsel), tölgyfagubacs (oak spangle), csillogó apróság. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | Paglietta (boater, scourer, sequin, straw hat), Lustrino (sequin), fioritura (abloom, bloom, blooming, blossom, blossoming, efflorescence, florescence, flourish, flower, flowering, inflorescence), Far Brillare (brighten). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | スパイ罪 (crime of espionage, fastball, ink spattering, slowing down, spaghetti, spaghetti meat sauce, spaghetti Western, span, span of control, Spanish, Spanish America, spanner, Spartacus Games, spasm, spats, spatula, speaker, speaker unit, speech, speech therapist, speech therapy, speed, speed ball, speed limit, speed skating, speed up, speed-gun, speedometer, speedway, speedy, spot, student slang for the restaurant chain "Spaghetti Factory", thank you, wrench). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | スパンコール , スパングル . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 반짝이. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | spangyl. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | anglespay lentejoula (tinsel), flor de zinco. (various references) Smãlţa (fleck, speckle), Paietã, Orna Cu Paiete, Foiţã De Metal (foil), Fluture (butterfly, flier, throttle), Fluturaş (tinsel). (various references) Украшать Блестками, Блестка. (various references) ukrasiti šljokicama, šljokica (paillette, sequin, tinsel). (various references) Lentejuela (paillette, sequin). (various references) Paljett (paillette, sequin), Glitter (gewgaws, glint, glitter, ice, knick-knackery, lustre, show, sparkler, tinsel). (various references) Pullarla Süslemek, Pullamak (stamp), Pul (flake, lamella, lamina, rove, scale, scutcheon, sequin, squama, stamp, tinsel, trichome, washer). (various references) uзgun (sparkle), jдjek (sequin, shard). (various references) Прикрашати Блискітками, Зірка (Wye), Блискітка, Блиск, Блищати. (various references) v ng dát. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Middle Dutch | 1100-1500 | spange. (various references) |
| Middle French | 1400-1600 | estincelle. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "spangle": spangled, spangles. (additional references) | |
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"Spangle" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: espagnols, sangue, shangle, Spagnol, spangel, spangli, spangue, Stangl. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "spangle" (pronounced spa"nggul) |
| 5 | -a" ng g u l | angle, bangle, dangle, disentangle, entangle, jangle, mangle, strangle, tangle, untangle, wangle, wrangle. |
| 4 | -ng g u l | antifungal, commingle, Dingle, fungal, Ingle, intermingle, jingle, jungle, Mangel, mingle, mongol, rectangle, shingle, single, swingle, tingle, triangle. |
| 3 | -g u l | algal, bagel, beagle, bedraggle, boggle, Bogle, boondoggle, bugle, centrifugal, conjugal, eagle, extralegal, finagle, frugal, gaggle, giggle, goggle, gurgle, haggle, illegal, jiggle, juggle, Kugel, legal, madrigal, milligal, mogul, Ogle, paralegal, prodigal, regal, smuggle, snuggle, Spiegel, squiggle, straggle, struggle, toggle, wiggle, wriggle. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-g-l-n-p-s" | |
-1 letter: angels, angles, gleans, panels, plages, planes. | |
-2 letters: angel, angle, aspen, elans, gales, gapes, glans, glean, glens, lanes, lapse, leans, leaps, napes, neaps, pages, pales, panel, panes, pangs, peags, peals, peans, penal, plage, plane, plans, pleas, plena, salep, sepal, slang, sneap, spale, spang, spean. | |
-3 letters: ages, ales, alps, anes, apes, apse, egal, elan, engs. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-g-l-n-p-s" | |
+1 letter: elapsing, grapnels, pleasing, spangled, spangles. | |
+2 letters: anglepods, eggplants, gantlopes, graplines, lagnappes, panelings, phalanges, pleadings, relapsing, salpinges, spanglier. | |
+3 letters: alpenglows, beclasping, enclasping, escaloping, gantelopes, gyroplanes, lagniappes, opalescing, panellings, pargylines, pellagrins, penalising, pentangles, phalangers, plasmagene, plastering, pleasingly, pleasuring, reclasping, resampling, spanceling, spangliest, unpleasing. | |
+4 letters: antiplagues, blaspheming, displeasing, encapsuling, escalloping, espaliering, generalship, lightplanes, lipreadings, mispleading, palletising, pedestaling, pentagonals, plaistering, plangencies, plasmagenes, plasminogen, plasterings, spancelling, speculating, splattering, ungraspable. | |
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