Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
Definition: Spangled |
SpangledAdjective1. Covered with beads or jewels or sequins. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "spangled" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Synonyms: SpangledSynonyms: beaded (adj), beady (adj), bejeweled (adj), bejewelled (adj), bespangled (adj), gemmed (adj), jeweled (adj), jewelled (adj), sequined (adj), spangly (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Ornament | Smart, gay, trickly, flowery, glittering; new gilt, new spangled; fine as a Mayday queen, fine as a fivepence, fine as a carrot fresh scraped; pranked out, bedight, well-groomed. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Spangled |
| English words defined with "spangled": aventurine ♦ goldstone ♦ Icy-pearled ♦ Star-spangled, sunstone. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "spangled": aventurescence. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Clever | You're trailer trash when you think the last words of the Star Spangled Banner are, "Gentlemen start your engines. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Star Spangled Salesman (1966) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Theater & Movies | |
Music |
|
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Star Spangled Banter The 45th is moving into its new temporary (we hope) field camp in the cornfields of Camp Barkeley. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | High above, over a true "home of the brave," the floating folds of the Star Spangled Banner symbolize the American way of life to soldiers in training for the battles that will bring freedom to an unhappy, wartorn world, Fort Knox, Ky. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Salute to the Marseillaise & Star Spangled Banner, Bastille Day, Camp Devens. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Star spangled banner Transcribed for the piano by Ch. Voss / / J. Queen del. & lith. ; P.S. Duval & Son Lith. Phila. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Play | Caption |
 | Star Spangled Banner; Francis Scott Key; American; America; patriotism. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Because of you, the Star Spangled Banner will be preserved for the ages. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Spangled" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 63.64% of the time. "Spangled" is used about 33 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 63.64% | 21 | 76,261 |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 15.15% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 15.15% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Noun (proper) | 6.06% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 33 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "spangled": beaded beady bejeweled bejewelled bespangled gemmed jeweled jewelled sequined spangled spangly ♦ spangled coquette ♦ star spangled banner ♦ the spangled heavens. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "spangled": daisy-spangled, sheep-spangled, Star-spangled. | |
Containing "spangled": Star-Spangled Banner. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "spangled"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | националното знаме на сащ (old glory, star spangled banner). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 闪烁 (Flickered, flickering, Gleamed, Gleaming, Glitter, Glittered, Glittering, Spangling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | schmückte (bedecked, decorated, emblazoned). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αστερόεσσα (star spangled banner, starspangled banner). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 번쩍이게 하". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | angledspay украшать блестками.....украшенный блестками. (various references) parlak gökyüzü (the spangled heavens), pırıl pırıl gökyüzü (the spangled heavens), amerikan milli marşı (star spangled banner), amerikan bayrağı (american flag, old glory, star spangled banner, stars and stripes). (various references) усіяний, прикрашений блискітками. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Spangled" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Spagnol, spanged, spangel, spangli, spangue. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "spangled" (pronounced spa"ngguld) |
| 6 | -a" ng g u l d | angled, dangled, entangled, jangled, mangled, newfangled, strangled, tangled, wangled, wrangled. |
| 5 | -ng g u l d | bungled, commingled, intermingled, mingled, singled. |
| 4 | -g u l d | bedraggled, boggled, giggled, haggled, juggled, ogled, smuggled, straggled, struggled, toggled. |
| 3 | -u l d | addled, ambled, annulled, assembled, babbled, backpedaled, baffled, barreled, battled, bedeviled, befuddled, belittled, bespectacled, bevelled, bicycled, bottled, bridled, bristled, bubbled, buckled, bundled, cabled, canceled, cancelled, channeled, chiseled, chortled, chronicled, chuckled, circled, cobbled, coddled, corbelled, counseled, coupled, crackled, credentialed, crippled, crumbled, crumpled, cuddled, cycled, dabbled, dazzled, dialed, dibbled, dimpled, disabled, disassembled, disgruntled, disheveled, dismantled, doubled, dribbled, dueled, dwindled, embattled, embezzled, emerald, empaneled, enabled, enameled, encircled, enfeebled, entitled, equaled, fabled, fiddled, fizzled, flanneled, fondled, frazzled, freckled, fueled, fuelled, fumbled, funneled, gambled, garbled, gobbled, grappled, grizzled, grumbled, handled, hassled, heckled, Herald, hobbled, huddled, humbled, hustled, idled, impaneled, imperiled, initialed, jostled, jumbled, kindled, knuckled, labeled, labelled, ladled, leveled, levelled, libeled, manhandled, marbled, marshaled, marshalled, marveled, mishandled, mislabeled, modeled, mottled, muddled, muffled, mumbled, muscled, muzzled, needled, nestled, nettled, nibbled, paddled, paneled, parceled, pedaled, pedalled, peddled, penciled, peopled, pickled, principled, pummeled, puzzled, quadrupled, quarreled, quintupled, rambled, rankled, rattled, raveled, reassembled, recycled, redoubled, refueled, rekindled, remodeled, resembled, resettled, reshuffled, reveled, riddled, rifled, rippled, rivaled, ruffled, rumbled, rumpled, saddled, sampled, scaffold, scrambled, scribbled, scuffled, scuttled, settled, shackled, shoveled, shriveled, shuffled, shuttled, signaled, signalled, sizzled, snarled, sparkled, speckled, spiraled, sprinkled, squabbled, squirreled, stapled, startled, stenciled, stifled, straddled, stumbled, subtitled, swindled, tabled, tackled, tasseled, tattled, throttled, tickled, tinkled, titled, toppled, totaled, totalled, trampled, traveled, travelled, trebled, trembled, trickled, tripled, troubled, trundled, tumbled, tussled, unbridled, unlabeled, unprincipled, unraveled, unrivaled, unruffled, unsettled, unshackled, untrammeled, untroubled, waffled, whistled, whittled, widdled, wobbled, wrestled, wrinkled. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-g-l-n-p-s" | |
-1 letter: dangles, glandes, lagends, slanged, spangle. | |
-2 letters: angels, angled, angles, dangle, elands, gasped, glades, glands, gleans, ladens, lagend, lapsed, naleds, padles, panels, panged, pedals, plages, planed, planes, pleads, sendal. | |
-3 letters: angel, angle, aspen, dales, dangs, deals, deans, degas, egads, eland, elans, gales, gaped, gapes, gelds, glade, glads, gland, glans, glean, gleds, glens, laden, lades. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-g-l-n-p-s" | |
+1 letter: anglepods, pleadings. | |
+3 letters: displeasing, lipreadings, mispleading, pedestaling. | |
+4 letters: despairingly, frankpledges, pedestalling, plantigrades, redisplaying, speedballing. | |
+5 letters: doppelgangers, gelandesprung, relandscaping. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Sounds | 9. Quotations: Speeches 10. Usage Frequency 11. Expressions 12. Expressions: Internet | 13. Translations: Modern 14. Derivations 15. Rhymes 16. Anagrams | 17. Bibliography |
Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
