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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bounce; intermittently move |
| Synonyms: | fling, jerk, mince, nancy, prance, sashay, spring, stamp, storm, strut, swish, throw, toss |
| Main Entry: | decoration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | particular type of embellishment |
| Synonyms: | appliqué, arabesque, bauble, braid, color, curlicue, design, dingbat, doodad, extravagance, fandangle, festoon, filigree, finery, flounce, flourish, fretwork, frill, frippery, furbelow, fuss, garbage*, garnish, garniture, gewgaws, gilt, gimcracks, gingerbread, inlay, jazz, lace, ornament, parquetry, plaque, ribbon, scroll, sequin, spangle, thing*, tinsel, tooling, trimming, trinket, wreath |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | frame |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | skeleton, casing |
| Synonyms: | anatomy, architecture, body, build, cage, carcass, construction, enclosure, fabric, flounce, form, framework, fringe, groundwork, hem, mount, mounting, outline, physique, scaffold, scaffolding, scheme, setting, shell, stage, structure, support, system, trim, trimming, truss, valance |
| Main Entry: | frill |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | luxury, nice touch |
| Synonyms: | amenity, decoration, doodad, extravagance, fandangle, flounce, foppery, frippery, fuss, garbage*, garnish, gathering, gimcrack, gingerbread, jazz, lace, ruffle, superfluity, thing*, tuck |
| Antonyms: | plainness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fringe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | border, trimming |
| Synonyms: | binding, borderline, brim, brink, edge, edging, flounce, hem, limit, mane, march, margin, outside, outskirts, perimeter, periphery, rickrack, ruffle, skirt, tassel, verge |
| Antonyms: | center, inside, interior, middle |
| Main Entry: | mince |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pose, put on airs |
| Synonyms: | attitudinize, flounce, posture, prance, sashay, strut |
| Main Entry: | prance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cavort; show off |
| Synonyms: | bound, caper, dance, flounce, foot it, frisk, gambol, hoof it, jump, leap, mince, parade, romp, sashay, skip, spring, stalk, step, strut, swagger, sweep, tread |
| Main Entry: | strut |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk pompously |
| Synonyms: | flaunt, flounce, grandstand, mince, parade, peacock, play to audience, prance, put on airs, sashay, show off, stalk, stride, swagger, swank, sweep |
| Main Entry: | sweep |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fly, glide |
| Synonyms: | career, fleet, flit, flounce, glance, hurtle, pass, sail, scud, skim, tear, wing, zoom |
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