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/dʒˈɪŋgəl/ Listen

noun

Jingle n.

A rattling, clinking, or tinkling sound, as of little bells or pieces of metal.

That which makes a jingling sound, as a rattle. "If you plant where savages are, do not only entertain them with trifles and jingles, but use them justly."

A correspondence of sound in rhymes, especially when the verse has little merit; hence, A rhyming verse of no poetical merit. " The least jingle of verse." Note: The verses used in commercial advertisements are often called jingles, especially when sung.

Jingle shell. See Gold shell (b), under Gold.

verb

Jingle v. t. (past & past part. jingled; pres. part. jingling) To cause to give a sharp metallic sound as a little bell, or as coins shaken together; to tinkle. "The bells she jingled, and the whistle blew."

Jingle v. i.

To sound with a fine, sharp, rattling, clinking, or tinkling sound; as, sleigh bells jingle. (Written also gingle)

To rhyme or sound with a jingling effect. "Jingling street ballads."

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Etymology of 'Jingle'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Jingle" Quotes from Famous Books

... the Court and the cottage, he heard the jingling of bells, and presently, flashing and gleaming among the trees, he saw a gaily-painted carriage drawn by a pair of goats, with plated harness that shone in the sun. Mixed with the joyous jingle of the bells, there came the sound of an infant's laughter. It was the baby taking his after-dinner airing, attended by a couple of nurses. A turn in the path brought George Fairfax and the heir of ...

— The Lovels of Arden • M. E. Braddon

... in sight of the young timberman and his outfit. His wagon rattled so that he could not easily hear his cousin calling to him. He sat on the tongue of the wagon, and his big, slow-moving horses jogged along, rattling their chains in a jingle more noisy ...

— Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp - or, The Old Lumberman's Secret • Annie Roe Carr

... being also present. After the King's health and a few others had been drunk, that of Mr. Stephenson was proposed; on which the whole assembly rose up, amidst great excitement and loud applause, and made their way to where he sat, in order to jingle glasses with him, greatly to his own amazement. On the day following, our engineer dined with the King and Queen at their own table at Laaken, by special invitation; afterwards accompanying his Majesty and ...

— Lives of the Engineers - The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson • Samuel Smiles

... wealth upon your person that there is still a restless jingle. In such case you will cross the street to a shop that ministers to the wants of youth. In the window is displayed a box of marbles—glassies, commonies, and a larger browny adapted to the purpose of "pugging," by reason of the violence with which it seems to respond to the impact of your ...

— Journeys to Bagdad • Charles S. Brooks

... Harberg, Kusnacht and the surrounding hamlets descend from their mountains about one o'clock in the morning and commence to mow the high grass in the valleys. One can hear their monotonous songs in the middle of the night keeping time to the circular movement of the scythes, the jingle of the cattle bells, and the young men's and girls' voices laughing afar in the silence of the night. It is a strange harmony, especially when the night is clear and there is a bright moon, and the heavy dew falling makes ...

— International Short Stories: French • Various

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