Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

glitterball

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.40 in modern English

Syllables: glit-ter-ball
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of mirror ball.

Example Sentences

"Six years later there were barely any dancehalls to supervise—it was all glitzy discos attached to pubs. Glitterballs. Lassies writhing on little checkerboard handkerchiefs of dancefloor."

Etymology

From glitter + ball.

Inflected Forms

glitterballs (plural)

Synonyms

mirror ball

Questions

What does glitterball mean?: Synonym of mirror ball.
Where does glitterball come from?: From glitter + ball.

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