Tinsel(n.)
- A shining material used for ornamental purposes; especially, a very thin, gauzelike cloth with much gold or silver woven into it; also, very thin metal overlaid with a thin coating of gold or silver, brass foil, or the like.
Tinsel(n.)
- Something shining and gaudy; something superficially shining and showy, or having a false luster, and more gay than valuable.
Tinsel(a.)
- Showy to excess; gaudy; specious; superficial.
Tinsel(v. t.)
- To adorn with tinsel; to deck out with cheap but showy ornaments; to make gaudy.