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| tin·sel [ tínssəl ] |
noun |
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1. glittering material: a thin strip of glittering metal foil, paper, or plastic, used for decoration
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2. something showy: something worthless that appears glamorous
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transitive verb (past and past participle tin·seled or tin·selled, present participle tin·sel·ing or tin·sel·ling, 3rd person present singular tin·sels) |
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1. put tinsel on something: to decorate something with tinsel or other glittering material
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2. make something showy: to give something a gaudy flashy quality
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adjective |
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1. made of tinsel: made of or decorated with tinsel
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2. gaudy: appearing glamorous but in fact worthless
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| [15th century. < French étincelé "sparkling" (especially with metallic thread), later form of Old French estincele "spark" < Latin scintilla] |
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  tin·sel·ly adjective |
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