spangling

spangling

English

Etymology

    From spangle + -ing.

    Pronunciation

    • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈspæŋɡ(ə)lɪŋ/
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    Adjective

    spangling (comparative more spangling, superlative most spangling)

    1. That spangles; glittering, sparkling.
      • 1817 December, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Revolt of Islam. []”, in [Mary] Shelley, editor, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. [], volume I, London: Edward Moxon [], published 1839, →OCLC, page 220:
        It was a crumbling heap, whose portal dark / With blooming ivy trails was overgrown; / Upon whose floor the spangling sands were strown, / And rarest sea-shells, which the eternal flood, / Slave to the mother of the months, had thrown / Within the walls of that gray tower, []

    Noun

    spangling (plural spanglings)

    1. A sparkling metallic ornamentation.
    2. gerund of spangle: the act of fixing spangles or sparkling objects to something.

    Verb

    spangling

    1. present participle and gerund of spangle