bangle

[ bang-guhl ]

noun

1. a rigid, ring-shaped bracelet usually made without a clasp so as to slip over the hand, but sometimes having a hinged opening and a clasp.

bangle

/ ˈbæŋɡəl /

noun

1. a bracelet, usually without a clasp, often worn high up round the arm or sometimes round the ankle
2. a disc or charm hanging from a bracelet, necklace, etc

Other Words From

• bangled adjective
• un·bangled adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of bangle¹

1780–90; < Hindi banglī, variant of bangrī glass ring, armlet

Word History and Origins

Origin of bangle¹

C19: from Hindi bangrī

Example Sentences

Her mother listened intently, her hands repeatedly touching a gold bangle on her wrist - a bangle she had bought with her daughter.

From BBC

Philip Bangle, senior litigation counsel, said Brady plans to challenge the new state law.

From Seattle Times

It was filled with three pink bangle bracelets and three sets of matching barrettes.

From Literature

Kamala uses her enchanted bangle to save her own grandmother, and the choir takes up the Ms. Marvel theme in a round — singing “Taqdeer,” which means “fate” in Urdu.

From Los Angeles Times

Now, he looked like a devout, practising Sikh - with unshorn hair tucked into a blue turban, a long, flowy beard, a steel bangle on his wrist and a small sacred dagger, called a kirpan, hanging from his waist.

From BBC

Related Words

• trinket