Tinsel

noun
1.
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
2.
a metallic yarn, usually wrapped around a core yarn of silk, rayon, or cotton, for weaving brocade or lamé.
3.
anything showy or attractive with little or no real worth; showy pretense:
The actress was tired of the fantasy and tinsel of her life.
4.
Obsolete. a fabric, formerly in use, of silk or wool interwoven with threads of gold, silver, or, later, copper.
adjective
5.
consisting of or containing tinsel.
6.
showy; gaudy; tawdry.
verb (used with object), tinseled, tinseling or (especially British) tinselled, tinselling.
7.
to adorn with tinsel.
8.
to adorn with anything glittering.
9.
to make showy or gaudy.
noun
1.
a decoration consisting of a piece of string with thin strips of metal foil attached along its length
2.
a yarn or fabric interwoven with strands of glittering thread
3.
anything cheap, showy, and gaudy
verb (transitive) -sels, -selling, -selled (US) -sels, -seling, -seled
4.
to decorate with or as if with tinsel: snow tinsels the trees
5.
to give a gaudy appearance to
adjective
6.
made of or decorated with tinsel
7.
showily but cheaply attractive; gaudy