Meaning

1 senses

  1. To make glitzy.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Being a movie star, she was used to a life of glitz and glamour.

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  2. If someone talks about the "glitz and glamour" of a party, the guests clothes were probably pretty flashy.

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Origin

Back-formation from glitzy, in turn from German glitzern (“glint”). Cognate with Old Norse

Back-formation from glitzy, in turn from German glitzern (“glint”). Cognate with Old Norse glitra, glita (“glitter”) and Gothic 𐌲𐌻𐌹𐍄𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (glitmunjan, “glisten”).

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Forms

glitzes, glitzing, glitzed, glitzed
Base formglitz · to glitz
3rd person singularglitzes
Present participleglitzing
Past simpleglitzed
Past participleglitzed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyglitz
he, she, itglitzes

Past simpleLesson

all personsglitzed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave glitzed
he, she, ithas glitzed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill glitz

Synonyms

1 synonyms
glitz up

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
glitchglittergloatglobalB1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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