ALL meanings of spectacles
spec·ta·cle
S s - noun spectacles anything presented to the sight or view, especially something of a striking or impressive kind: The stars make a fine spectacle tonight. 1
- noun spectacles a public show or display, especially on a large scale: The coronation was a lavish spectacle. 1
- noun spectacles spectacles, eyeglasses, especially with pieces passing over or around the ears for holding them in place. 1
- noun spectacles Often, spectacles. something resembling spectacles in shape or function. any of various devices suggesting spectacles, as one attached to a semaphore to display lights or different colors by colored glass. 1
- noun spectacles Obsolete. a spyglass. 1
- idioms spectacles make a spectacle of oneself, to call attention to one's unseemly behavior; behave foolishly or badly in public: They tell me I made a spectacle of myself at the party last night. 1
- noun plural spectacles a pair of glasses for correcting defective vision 0