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glitter bomb

glitter bomb verb: to throw or shower glitter on a person at a public event as a form of protest, generally over gay rights.

glitter bomb: to throw or shower glitter on a person at a public event as a form of protest, generally over gay...
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Verb

glitter bomb (third-person singular simple present glitter bombs, present participle glitter bombing, simple past and past participle glitter bombed)

  1. (transitive) To throw or shower glitter on a person at a public event as a form of protest, generally over gay rights.

Noun

glitter bomb (plural glitter bombs)

  1. The throwing of glitter in this way.

Forms of glitter bomb

Verb
third-person singular presentglitter bombs
present participleglitter bombing
past participleglitter bombed
pastglitter bombed
alternative formglitterbomb
Noun
pluralglitter bombs

Questions about glitter bomb

What does glitter bomb mean?
Glitter bomb means to throw or shower glitter on a person at a public event as a form of protest, generally over gay rights.
What part of speech is glitter bomb?
Glitter bomb can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of glitter bomb?
The past tense of glitter bomb is glitter bombed.

Words near glitter bomb in the dictionary

  1. glittened
  2. glittening
  3. glittens
  4. glitter
  5. glitter ball
  6. glitter bomb
  7. glitter bombed
  8. glitter bombing
  9. glitter bombs
  10. glitter families
  11. glitter family

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