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expensive, gaudy jewelry; a lifestyle of excessive spending and ostentationAbused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree Copyright © 2007, 2013 by Mary Embree
bling
(blĭng) or bling-bling (blĭng′blĭng′)Slangn.
1. Jewelry or fashion accessories, usually made of metal or other shiny material.
2. Showy or ostentatious items.
adj.
Deliberately showy; ostentatious.
[Originally hip-hop slang, probably meant to suggest light flashing off showy jewelry.]
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| Noun | 1. | bling - flashy, ostentatious jewelry; "the rapper was loaded with bling" |
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bling
[ˈblɪŋ] bling bling n (= jewellery) → quincaillerie f
adj
bling-bling jewellery → quincaillerie
bling-bling jewellery → quincaillerie
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
bling - flashy, ostentatious jewelry; "the rapper was loaded with bling"