blinging
Britishadjective
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flashy and expensive
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very good
Etymology
Origin of blinging
C20: from bling-bling
Example Sentences
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By blinging out Flemish compositions like Rubens’s, Holguín and Enríquez were repurposing an artistic vanguard that their continents had financed in the first place.
From New York Times
“Bling hats, bling shirts, bling shoes — just everything blinging,” she said, wearing a pink mask covered in rhinestones outside her home on a recent day.
From Washington Post
Blinging lights @stefanacus @theweeknd ♬ Blinding Lights - The Weeknd “It’s easier to follow a character,” said King Science.
From The Verge
“Influencers online, you see them juicing, doing yoga, using food as medicine. Some of them have lost their parents to diabetes. It used to be blinging outside, now it’s internal blinging. Is your prostate functioning properly?”
From Washington Post
“I see something nice! You blinging!” he shouted to a woman with a new set of teeth.
From Washington Post
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