confetti
noun/kənˈfɛti/
Frequency rank: #12,621 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
small pieces of colored paper thrown at celebrations.
Example sentence
The crowd threw confetti into the air when the clock struck midnight.
Synonyms & related words
- streamers
- tickertape
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