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Definition of spangle verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

spangle

verb
 
/ˈspæŋɡl/
 
/ˈspæŋɡl/
[usually passive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they spangle
 
/ˈspæŋɡl/
 
/ˈspæŋɡl/
he / she / it spangles
 
/ˈspæŋɡlz/
 
/ˈspæŋɡlz/
past simple spangled
 
/ˈspæŋɡld/
 
/ˈspæŋɡld/
past participle spangled
 
/ˈspæŋɡld/
 
/ˈspæŋɡld/
-ing form spangling
 
/ˈspæŋɡlɪŋ/
 
/ˈspæŋɡlɪŋ/
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  1. spangle something (with something) to cover or to decorate something with small pieces of something shiny see also Star-Spangled Banner
    Word Originlate Middle English: diminutive from obsolete spang ‘glittering ornament’, from Middle Dutch spange ‘buckle’.
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