bauble

noun

bau·​ble ˈbȯ-bəl 

ˈbä-

1

: trinket sense 1

He affixed the bauble, with a kiss, upon her middle finger …

—Elinor Wylie

2

: a scepter of a fool (see fool entry 1 sense 2a)

… the licensed jester … brandished his bauble …

—Sir Walter Scott

3

: something of trifling appeal

4

British : ornament

specifically : a Christmas ornament

Our tree was decorated, most tastefully, with apt baubles bought from Georg Jensen.

—Geoffrey Wolff

Synonyms

• ornamental
• ornament

Examples of bauble in a Sentence

picked up some cheap baubles at the fair

Recent Examples on the Web

DeLucia’s stagings include a bevy of baubles. —The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025

The dining room’s leather seating, custom bauble ceiling and a 1,100-gallon aquarium pair perfectly with a menu of salmon and strip loin. —Demarco Williams, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025

In the past decade, the retailer tried to branch out, striking deals to sell baubles at CVS pharmacies and expanding brand deals for popular Disney and Mattel characters. —Alina Selyukh, NPR, 6 Aug. 2025

Leviev donated a portion of the baubles’ bottomline to charity. —Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 6 July 2025

Word History

Etymology

Middle English babel, from Middle French

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for bauble

• cantabile
• cobble
• gobble
• hobble
• labile
• squabble
• wobble

Kids Definition

bauble

noun

bau·​ble ˈbȯ-bəl 

ˈbäb-əl

: an object of little value