variants
or bling-bling
: flashy jewelry worn especially as an indication of wealth or status
broadly
: expensive and ostentatious possessions
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Pierced her labial frenulum – which most people can’t locate, let alone want to pierce - to give herself permanent mouth bling.
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Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 20 Feb. 2026
Taking a more muted approach to embellishments, Cinq à Sept’s Jane Siskin added dustings of glam to her 10th anniversary collection, adding just a touch of bling to her more casual wares.
—James Manso, Footwear News, 18 Feb. 2026
Breezy Johnson also added some bling to her week by getting engaged yesterday.
—Chris Branch, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026
Sam Darnold is vying for the ring at Super Bowl LX, but his fiancée, Katie Hoofnagle, already got her bling.
—Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 8 Feb. 2026
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Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 20 Feb. 2026
Taking a more muted approach to embellishments, Cinq à Sept’s Jane Siskin added dustings of glam to her 10th anniversary collection, adding just a touch of bling to her more casual wares.
—James Manso, Footwear News, 18 Feb. 2026
Breezy Johnson also added some bling to her week by getting engaged yesterday.
—Chris Branch, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026
Sam Darnold is vying for the ring at Super Bowl LX, but his fiancée, Katie Hoofnagle, already got her bling.
—Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 8 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for bling
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“Bling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bling. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
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