Banderilla Definition

băndə-rēə, -rēlyə

banderillas

noun

A decorated barbed dart that is thrust into the bull's neck or shoulder muscles by a banderillero in a bullfight.

American Heritage

Any of several barbed darts with little streamers attached to them, that the banderillero sticks into the neck and shoulders of the bull.

Webster's New World

(bullfighting) A stick with a sharp end and a decorated end, which a bullfighter stick into the bull's back.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Banderilla

Singular:

banderilla

Plural:

banderillas

From Spanish banderilla, from Spanish bandera (“banner”) + -illa (“diminutive suffix”)

From Wiktionary
Spanish diminutive of bandera banner from Vulgar Latin bandāria banner

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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