frou-frou vs garland

frou-frou

noun
  • A rustling sound, particularly the rustling of a large silk dress. 

adj
  • Liable to create the sound of rustling cloth, similar to 19th-century dresses. 

  • Unimportant, silly, useless. 

  • Highly ornamented, overly elaborate; excessively girly. 

verb
  • To move with the sound of rustling dresses. 

garland

noun
  • A wreath, especially one of plaited flowers or leaves, worn on the body or draped as a decoration. 

  • The top; the thing most prized. 

  • An accolade or mark of honour. 

  • A sort of netted bag used by sailors to keep provisions in. 

  • A grommet or ring of rope lashed to a spar for convenience in handling. 

  • A metal gutter placed round a mineshaft on the inside, to catch water running down inside the shaft and run it into a drainpipe. 

  • The crown of a monarch. 

verb
  • To deck or ornament something with a garland. 

  • To form something into a garland. 

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