bling

Thân thiện

The rapper's bling sparkled under the stage lights.

Definition

Noun: 1. Flashy, ostentatious jewelry: Expensive, showy, and often large pieces of jewelry, typically made of gold, platinum, or set with diamonds and other precious stones. The term emphasizes the visual impact and conspicuous display of wealth, rather than subtle elegance.

Usage

The word "bling" is an informal, slang term. It is almost always used as a non-count (mass) noun to refer to jewelry as a category or collection, not to a single piece. * It is commonly associated with hip-hop culture and celebrities who display wealth through jewelry. * It can sometimes be used humorously or ironically to describe anything excessively flashy.

Examples

• The award-winning artist arrived on the red carpet covered in bling.
• His signature style includes oversized sunglasses and a lot of bling.
• For that performance, she borrowed some serious bling from a high-end jeweler.

Advanced Usage

• "Bling-bling": This is the original, reduplicated form of the word. It can be used interchangeably with "bling" as a noun. It also functions as an adjective.
  • Noun: He's all about the bling-bling.
  • Adjective: She has a very bling-bling aesthetic.

Variants and Related Words

• Blingy (adjective): Characterized by or resembling bling; flashy and showy.
  • That's a very blingy watch.
• Blinged-out (adjective): Adorned or covered with a lot of bling.
  • He stepped out of the car blinged-out with chains and rings.

Synonyms

• Flashy jewelry
• Ostentatious jewelry
• Ice (slang)
• Drip (modern slang, broader than just jewelry)

Related Idioms/Phrases

• To be dripping in bling: To be wearing a very large amount of conspicuous jewelry.
  • The music video features artists dripping in bling.

Học thuật

Noun

1. flashy, ostentatious jewelry
   • the rapper was loaded with bling

Từ đồng nghĩa

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