Bangle

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbæŋ.É¡É™l/
• (also) US IPA: /ˈbeɪŋ.É¡É™l/
• Rhymes: -æŋɡəl

From Hindi बंग्ली ("glass bracelet").

Full definition of bangle

Noun

1. A rigid bracelet or anklet, especially one with no clasp.
• 1919, William Somerset Maugham, ,Mrs. MacAndrew smoothed down the lap of her gown, and gold bangles fell over her wrists.

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Verb

1. (obsolete) To waste, fritter (away).
• 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York Review Books 2001, p. 273:Thus betwixt hope and fear, suspicions, angers ... betwixt falling in, falling out, etc., we bangle away our best days, befool out our times ....

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