bangle

Meanings

Noun

• A rigid bracelet or anklet, especially one with no clasp.
• The cut branch of a tree; a large, rough stick; the largest piece of wood in a bundle of twigs

Verb

• to beat about or beat down, as corn by the wind.
• to waste away little by little; squander carelessly; fritter (away).
• to beat about in the air; flutter: said of a hawk which does not rise steadily and then swoop down upon its prey.
• to flap or hang down loosely, as a hat brim or an animal's ear.

Origin

• From Hindi बंग्ली ("glass bracelet").
• Unknown, yet probably from bang + -le.
• Apparently from bang + -le, perhaps ultimately connected with Proto-Germanic *bangilaz. Compare Dutch bengel, German Bengel.