banderilla
noun
an ornamented dart with barbs used by banderilleros for sticking into the neck or shoulder of the bull.
banderillas
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pluralof banderilla.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Or, banderillas can be made up to two days ahead and kept covered in the refrigerator.
From The Wall Street Journal ā Jul. 6, 2018
Using thin skewers or long toothpicks, assemble 16 banderillas, threading 1 cheese cube, 1 quail egg, 1 cornichon, 1 pickled onion, and 1 piquillo strip on each.
From The Wall Street Journal ā Jul. 6, 2018
As far as Kantner’s volatile sensibilities were concerned, blue uniforms were like a flaring red cape to a thrice-gored bull still smarting from the banderillas.
From Time ā Jun. 12, 2015
In Mexico City, a good many papers were all set to sink their editorial banderillas into the Secretary's neck.
From Time Magazine Archive
Dark-browed boys played toreros to our car as bull, their coats muletas, sticks their banderillas, yelling and springing lithely aside as the enemy rushed on them.
From The Car of Destiny by Armand Both
