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say it: SPANG-guhl
spangle is a verb and noun meaning "glitter as if covered with spangles". It is pronounced /ˈspæŋɡəl/ — SPANG-guhl. It carries 3 recorded senses.
glitter as if covered with spangles
adornment consisting of a small piece of shiny material used to decorate clothing
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for spangle come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.