Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A rigid bracelet or anklet, especially one with no clasp.
- noun An ornament that hangs from a bracelet or necklace.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An ornamental ring worn upon the arms and ankles in India and Africa. Hence A bracelet without a clasp; a ring-bracelet, generally with small ornaments suspended from it.
- noun Nautical, a hoop of a spar.
- To beat about or down, as corn by the wind.
- To waste by little and little; squander carelessly; fritter.
- In falconry, to beat about in the air; flutter: said of a hawk which does not rise steadily and then swoop down upon its prey.
- To flap or hang down loosely, as a hat-brim or an animal's ear.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To waste by little and little; to fritter away.
- noun An ornamental circlet, of glass, gold, silver, or other material, worn mostly by women, upon the wrist or ankle; a ring bracelet. It differs from other bracelets in being rigid and not articulated, in contrast to bracelets made of links.
- noun a loose hanging ear of a horse, like that of a spaniel.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
rigid bracelet oranklet , especially one with noclasp . - verb obsolete To
waste ,fritter (away).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun jewelry worn around the wrist for decoration
- noun cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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on Feb. 9, I want a tag bangle bracelet from Birks's Vancouver 2010 Collection on my wrist to empower me.
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Each addition to the bangle is a la carte, so you can stay within your budget.
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The tourist is now making fluttery movements from her heart to the sky and pointing to the bangle, which is obviously indicating a family heirloom that's she's not parting with.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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Case in point: The Toyota Camry, probably the most conservative car in the world, and one that attempts to appeal to as great a cross-section of buyers as possible, uses the rear end (aka bangle Bustle or in the parlance of our times, Bangle Butt) from the 2002 BMW E65 7 Series.
Autoblog 2009
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Case in point: The Toyota Camry, probably the most conservative car in the world, and one that attempts to appeal to as great a cross-section of buyers as possible, uses the rear end (aka bangle Bustle or in the parlance of our times, Bangle Butt) from the 2002 BMW E65 7 Series.
Autoblog 2009
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A Sikh teenager excluded from school for breaking a “no jewellery” rule by refusing to remove a wrist bangle which is central to her faith was a victim of unlawful discrimination, a judge ruled today.
UK: Sikh teenager wins religious bangle discrimination case 2008
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Thereupon she donned a devotee's dress and betaking herself to the goldsmith, said to him, "To whom belongeth the bangle which is now with the king?" and said he,
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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I spotted a beautiful limited-edition bangle -- art deco purple pattern on a metal band.
BritChick Paris: Why Shopping Is Actually More Pain Than Pleasure BritChick Paris 2011
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I spotted a beautiful limited-edition bangle -- art deco purple pattern on a metal band.
BritChick Paris: Why Shopping Is Actually More Pain Than Pleasure BritChick Paris 2011
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I spotted a beautiful limited-edition bangle -- art deco purple pattern on a metal band.
BritChick Paris: Why Shopping Is Actually More Pain Than Pleasure BritChick Paris 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word bangle
"To flap or hang down loosely, as a hat-brim or an animal's ear."
- The Century Dictionary
August 6, 2010