glitterball

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noun

Synonym of mirror ball.

Similar
mirror ball
OriginEnglish ball ← Middle English bal ← Old English *beall →
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Meanings

nounglitterball (plural glitterballs)

plural glitterballs

  1. Synonym of mirror ball.

    Six years later there were barely any dancehalls to supervise—it was all glitzy discos attached to pubs. Glitterballs. Lassies writhing on little checkerboard handkerchiefs of dancefloor.

    2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 125

    Synonyms: mirror ball

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of mirror ball.

Similar
mirror ball
Also see
disco ball

Origin

  1. Englishglitter
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-
  3. Proto-Germanic*balluz
  4. Old English*beall
  5. Middle Englishbal
  6. Englishball
  7. Englishglitterball

From glitter + ball.

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Cite this entry
APA

glitterball. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glitterball

MLA

“glitterball.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glitterball. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “glitterball,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glitterball.

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