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What does tinsel mean?

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Noun
  1. A shining material used for ornamental purposes; especially, a very thin, gauzelike cloth with much gold or silver woven into it; also, very thin metal overlaid with a thin coating of gold or silver, brass foil, or the like.
  2. Very thin strips of a glittering, metallic material used as a decoration, and traditionally, draped at Christmas time over streamers, paper chains and the branches of Christmas trees.
  3. Anything shining and gaudy; something superficially shining and showy, or having a false luster, and more gay than valuable.
Adjective
  1. Glittering, later especially superficially so; gaudy, showy.
Verb
  1. (transitive) To adorn with tinsel; to deck out with cheap but showy ornaments; to make gaudy.
  2. (figuratively, transitive) To give a false sparkle to (something).
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