furbelow

Plural: furbelows

Noun

• a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
• A frill, flounce, or ruffle, as on clothing; a decorative piece of fabric, especially one gathered or pleated as into a ruffle, etc.
• A small, showy ornamentation.

Verb

Verb Forms: furbelowed, furbelowing, furbelows

• To decorate with ornamental ruffles or frills.
• To adorn with a furbelow; to ornament.

Examples

• He tried to furbelow his weak play by adding a fancy suffix, but the score remained low.

Synonyms

flounce, frill, ruffle

Related Words

befurbelowed

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