confetti
Origin of confetti
Related Words for confetti
armament, bomb, bullet, cartridge, rocket, materiel, missile, chemical, explosive, shrapnel, torpedo, gunpowder, ammo, napalm, sweet, cream, dainty, confetti, caramelExamples from the Web for confetti
Contemporary Examples of confetti
Glass fragments from windows, street lamps, car windshields, and theater marquees littered the streets like confetti.
As we pulled back the sheets the bed was full of confetti in the Basque colors, red, white and green.
For the finale, models dressed in gold joined St. Vincent on stage, dancing as confetti fell from the ceiling.
Fashion’s Most Powerful Women: Victoria Beckham & Diane von Furstenberg Show at New York Fashion WeekErin Cunningham
February 10, 2014
Kelly Clarkson tearfully belting “A Moment Like This” while confetti falls around her?
Jennifer Lopez, Keith Urban, and Harry Connick Jr. Will Save ‘American Idol’Kevin Fallon
September 3, 2013
But when the confetti dropped it was Assaf who stood in disbelief, his life forever changed.
Historical Examples of confetti
Red flags, red placards like a swarm of confetti on the walls and in the air.
Erik DornBen Hecht
There were jubilant congratulations and showers of rice and confetti.
Jennie GerhardtTheodore Dreiser
There was all the folly with that confetti stuff and the rest of it to go through with yet.
The Forsyte Saga, Volume III.John Galsworthy
I thought I saw some confetti in that farmyard as I came up the lane.
TatterdemalionJohn Galsworthy
All night the air was thick with confetti, like snow falling off a rainbow.
Trooper Bluegum at the DardanellesOliver Hogue