Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

1. A rigid bracelet or anklet, especially one with no clasp.
2. (transitive, obsolete) to beat about or beat down, as corn by the wind.
3. (obsolete or dialectal) to waste away little by little; squander carelessly; fritter (away).
4. (intransitive) (falconry) to beat about in the air; flutter: said of a hawk which does not rise steadily and then swoop down upon its prey.
5. (intransitive) to flap or hang down loosely, as a hat brim or an animal's ear.
6. (dialectal) The cut branch of a tree; a large, rough stick; the largest piece of wood in a bundle of twigs

Example Sentences

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

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

If we bangle away the legacy of peace left us by Christ, it is a sign of our want of regard for him. — Duty of Man.

Word Forms

• bangles
• bangling
• bangled

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