silly string

Canned party chaos

Silly string is a colorful foam that shoots from an aerosol can in long, sticky strands.

A staple of children's parties and celebrations, it clings to surfaces and people before drying into easily removable threads: The kids covered the birthday boy in silly string.

Sometimes used at weddings or sporting events.

product

aerosol

Mist in gas

spray · spurt · streamer · polymer · colorful · novelty · foam · pressurized · extruded · trigger

celebration

confetti

Thrown celebration scraps

birthday · carnival · parade · fiesta · festivity · revelry · jamboree · bash · shindig · fireworks

prank

mischief

Playful troublesome behavior

  • ambushSurprise strike from concealment
  • surpriseUnexpected event causing astonishment
  • targetObject of pursuit

chase · attack · battle · fight · war · retaliation · dodge · drench · blast · spray

mess

tangled

Twisted confusedly together

splattered · cleanup · residue · stained · clumped · matted · knotted · splotchy · smeared · clinging

Categories
Opposites
formality of celebration items

silly stringfine china

Delicate ceramic tableware

crystal glassware · white tablecloth

mess and cleanup

silly stringnothing

Not any thing

empty hands · bubble machine

tone and purpose

silly stringfuneral wreath

Circular flowers honoring the dead

memorial candle · black armband · sympathy card · mourning attire · military honors

Family

silly, string, sillier, silliest, silliness, sillily, strings, stringed, stringing

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G