Jingle /(?)/
Jin·gle
Jingle
v. i.
- To sound with a fine, sharp, rattling, clinking, or tinkling sound; as, sleigh bells jingle.
- To rhyme or sound with a jingling effect.
Jingle
v. t.
imp. & p. p. Jingled; p. pr. & vb. n. Jingling
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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
n.
- A rattling, clinking, or tinkling sound, as of little bells or pieces of metal.
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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;
Phrases & Compounds
- Jingle shell
- See Gold shell (b), under Gold.