bangle
/ˈbæŋ.ɡəl/ · noun
Meaning
- A rigid bracelet or anklet, especially one with no clasp.
- To beat about or beat down, as corn by the wind.
- To waste away little by little; squander carelessly; fritter (away).
- To beat about in the air; flutter: said of a hawk which does not rise steadily and then swoop down upon its prey.
- To flap or hang down loosely, as a hat brim or an animal's ear.
- The cut branch of a tree; a large, rough stick; the largest piece of wood in a bundle of twigs
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