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# bling

«bling» in Mova's school dictionary: **Shiny, expensive-looking jewellery such as big gold…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (bling — uncountable, slang); adjective (bling — slang)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (slang) Shiny, expensive-looking jewellery such as big gold chains and sparkly rings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bling/#m1)

2) (slang) A flashy show of wealth, or something covered in glitter or sparkles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bling/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

It is an informal, fun word from hip-hop slang. In everyday life children use it for sparkly things: «bling» on a phone case or dance costume. In stories it tells the reader someone is showing off wealth. Phrase: «bling-bling».

### examples

- The rapper wore loads of bling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bling/#x1)
- My little sister covered her pencil case in bling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bling/#x2)
- Her party dress had lots of bling on it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bling/#x3)
- That watch is so bling! (slang) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bling/#x4)
- The dance costumes were full of sparkly bling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bling/#x5)
- He likes clothes with no bling at all. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bling/#x6)
- The car had gold bling on the wheels. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bling/#x7)

### note

Slang and uncountable: «lots of bling», not «a bling». It imitates the sound of light flashing off jewels. Not used in formal writing; say «jewellery» or «sparkly decorations» instead.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «bling» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bling/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.