: a picture, design, or label made to be transferred (as to glass) from specially prepared paper
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Flamboyant hood and rear fender decals are also available.
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Mark Phelan, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Tulane honored the 2005 team that played in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina by wearing plain green helmets with no decals.
—Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
During their game Saturday at Yulman Stadium in New Orleans, the team wore green jerseys without a decal on their green helmets to honor the 2005 team.
—Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2025
Gaga, naturally, opted for red latex and matching glittery eye decals.
—EW.com, 31 Aug. 2025
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Mark Phelan, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Tulane honored the 2005 team that played in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina by wearing plain green helmets with no decals.
—Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
During their game Saturday at Yulman Stadium in New Orleans, the team wore green jerseys without a decal on their green helmets to honor the 2005 team.
—Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2025
Gaga, naturally, opted for red latex and matching glittery eye decals.
—EW.com, 31 Aug. 2025
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“Decal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/decal. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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a shortened form of earlier decalcomania "the art of transferring pictures," from French décalcomanie (same meaning), from décalquer "to copy by tracing" and manie "mania, craze"
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