confetti

Speech parts

1. confetti - Noun

2. confetti - Verb

Meaning

small pieces or streamers of colored paper that are thrown around on festive occasions (as at a wedding)

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

nougat butterfly chemical mackerel caramel nacre ocelot licorice bonbon moire patchwork quilt gumdrop mother-of-pearl ophite butterscotch

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Hypernyms

paper

Phrases with the word

throw around like confetti

Examples

I don't understand writers who have to work at it. I like to play. I'm interested in having fun with ideas, throwing them up in the air like confetti and then running under them. Ray Bradbury

I'm interested in having fun with ideas, throwing them up in the air like confetti and then running under them. Ray Bradbury

I could stuff a pillow with the amount of confetti I have had thrown at me. And could I sleep easily on that? No. Jeffrey Bernard

Let me fall out of the window/ With confetti in my hair. Tom Waits

Words are such small things, like confetti in the brain, and yet they are color and clarify everything, they can stain the mind or warp the feelings. Diane Ackerman

Give me one good reason why I shouldn't chop him into worthless-bastard-themed confetti. --Isabelle Lightwood. Cassandra Clare

Close letter words and terms

confessory confessour confestly confettilike confetto confidable