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noun / verb

spangle

SPANG-gul/spˈæŋɡʌl/

A small shiny spot or ornament, or to cover with these.

One gold spangle lies loose beside the sequins sewn onto blue fabric.

A close-up of shiny, flat sequins: several sewn onto a small scrap of blue fabric and one loose gold disk in the foreground, clearly showing its central sewing hole and reflective surface.
Etymology
spangMiddle Englishglittering ornament
+leOld Frenchdiminutive

The diminutive makes a spangle a little glittering ornament. Its early meaning, a small piece of shining metal, closely matches the decorative disks and glittering pieces named today.

In context

ColDesi Inc3:22
you won't have some stuff that you didn't see before all of a sudden get locked under a glued down spangle like a piece of string
How to Press a Spangle

More examples

  • A few spangles fall from the dancer's costume.
  • She spangles the scarf with tiny gold disks.
  • Dewdrops spangle the grass in the morning sun.

Forms

spangle · spangles · spangled · spangling

Similar words

sequin
Specifically a small, shiny disk attached to fabric.
sparkle
A bright flash of light rather than a physical ornament.