verb · transitive · rare

spangle

spang·le

spangle · spangles · spangled · spangling

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leuchten, funkeln, glitzern

To fix spangles or sparkling objects toTo fix spangles or sparkling objects to (something); to bespangle.

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/ˈspæŋɡəl/

» In spring brightly green, and spangled with wild flowers, by midsummer this prairie had grown sere and yellow.

Meaning

3 senses

(also, figuratively, transitive)To fix spangles or sparkling objects to (something); to bespangle.
decorate with spangles
(figuratively, transitive)To adorn or decorate (something).
(intransitive)To flash, glitter, or sparkle.
glitter as if covered with spangles

Examples

4 sentences

In spring brightly green, and spangled with wild flowers, by midsummer this prairie had grown sere and yellow.
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Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
deOh sag, weht dieses sternenbesetzte Banner noch über dem Land der Freien und der Heimat der Tapferen? — jerom
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Before us lay the dark bulk of the house, its serrated roof and bristling chimneys hard outlined against the silver-spangled sky.
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Oh, say, does that Star-spangled Banner yet wave o’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
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Origin

The noun is derived from Middle English spangel (“small piece of ornamental metal, spangle

The noun is derived from Middle English spangel (“small piece of ornamental metal, spangle; small ornament”) [and other forms], from spang (“small piece of ornamental metal, spangle; small ornament; type of bowl or cup”) + -el (diminutive suffix). Spang is derived from Middle Dutch spange, spaenge (“buckle, clasp; brooch; spangle”) (modern Dutch spang (“clasp; hook; metal hairband; metal pin”)), from Middle Low German spangel (“small chain or clasp”), from Proto-Germanic *spangō (“brooch; clasp”); further etymology uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)penh₁- (“to twist; to weave”). The English word is analysable as spang + -le (diminutive suffix).

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