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- Dictionarybau·ble/ˈbôb(ə)l/
noun
- 1. a small, showy trinket or decoration: "clutch bags embellished with glittering baubles"
- 2. a baton formerly used as an emblem by jesters. historical
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BAUBLE definition: 1. a piece of bright but cheap jewellery 2. a ball-shaped Christmas decoration for hanging on a…. Learn more.
1. : trinket sense 1. He affixed the bauble, with a kiss, upon her middle finger … Elinor Wylie. 2. : a scepter of a fool (see fool entry 1 sense 2a) … the licensed jester … brandished his bauble … Sir Walter Scott. 3. : something of trifling appeal. 4. British : ornament. specifically : a Christmas ornament.
Baubles are trinkets or novelty items that cost little and aren’t very important or valuable, such as a plastic ring in the shape of a daisy that covers half of your finger in hot-pink plastic.
Bauble definition: a showy, usually cheap, ornament; trinket; gewgaw.. See examples of BAUBLE used in a sentence.
Word Forms Origin Noun. Filter (0) noun. baubles. A small, showy ornament of little value; a trinket. American Heritage. A showy but worthless or useless thing; trinket, trifle, etc. Webster's New World. A mock scepter carried by a court jester.
Definition of bauble noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
BAUBLE meaning: 1. a piece of bright but cheap jewellery 2. a ball-shaped Christmas decoration for hanging on a…. Learn more.
1. a showy toy or trinket of little value; trifle. 2. a small, usually spherical ornament made of coloured or decorated material which is hung from the branches of a Christmas tree. Usual US name: Christmas ornament. 3. (Historical Terms) (formerly) a mock staff of office carried by a court jester.
A bauble is a small, cheap ornament or piece of jewellery. ...Christmas trees decorated with coloured baubles. Synonyms: trinket , ornament , trifle , toy More Synonyms of bauble
A shout of laughter burst from the mob, and the clown flourished his bauble and bowed acknowledgments from side to side. The Making of a Saint | William Somerset Maugham His eyes dimmed as they conveyed to him the image of his still beloved Imperatorskoye—he pressed the bauble to his lips.
