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Bangle

//ˈbæŋ.ɡəl// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A rigid bracelet or anklet, especially one with no clasp.

    "Mrs. MacAndrew smoothed down the lap of her gown, and gold bangles fell over her wrists."

  2. 2
    The cut branch of a tree; a large, rough stick; the largest piece of wood in a bundle of twigs dialectal
  3. 3
    cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing wordnet
  4. 4
    jewelry worn around the wrist for decoration wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    to beat about or beat down, as corn by the wind. obsolete, transitive
  2. 2
    to waste away little by little; squander carelessly; fritter (away). dialectal, obsolete

    "Thus betwixt hope and fear, suspicions, angers […] betwixt falling in, falling out, etc., we bangle away our best days, befool out our times […]."

  3. 3
    (falconry) to beat about in the air; flutter: said of a hawk which does not rise steadily and then swoop down upon its prey. intransitive
  4. 4
    to flap or hang down loosely, as a hat brim or an animal's ear. intransitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Hindi बंग्ली (baṅglī, “glass bracelet”).

Etymology 2

Unknown, yet probably from bang + -le (frequentative suffix).

Etymology 3

Apparently from bang (verb) + -le (instrumental suffix), perhaps ultimately connected with Proto-Germanic *bangilaz. Compare Dutch bengel, German Bengel.

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