tinsel

Very thin sheets, strips, or threads of a glittering material used as a decoration.

Something sparkling or showy but basically valueless.

Made of or decorated with tinsel.

Gaudy, showy, and basically valueless.

To decorate with or as if with tinsel.

To give a false sparkle to.

Loss; forfeiture.

Specifically, to embellish (ceramic ware) with metallic effects.

To adorn with tinsel; hence, to adorn with anything showy and glittering.

Some glittering metallic substance, as burnished brass, copper, or tin, made in sheets approaching the thinness of foil, and used in pieces, strips, or threads for any purpose in which a sparkling effect is desired without much cost. Gold and silver tinsel, round or flat, made of Dutch metal, is much employed in the manufacture of artificial flies.