Jangle
['dʒæŋg(ə)l] or ['dʒæŋɡl]
Definition
(v. i.) To sound harshly or discordantly, as bells out of tune.
(v. i.) To talk idly; to prate; to babble; to chatter; to gossip.
(v. i.) To quarrel in words; to altercate; to wrangle.
(v. t.) To cause to sound harshly or inharmoniously; to produce discordant sounds with.
(n.) Idle talk; prate; chatter; babble.
(n.) Discordant sound; wrangling.
Editor: Omar
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Wrangle, squabble, bicker, quarrel, dispute, spar, spat, jar, TIFF, have words, have an altercation.
v. a. Sound discordantly, utter inharmoniously.
n. [1]. Discord, discordant sound.[2]. Wrangling, JANGLING.
Edited by Erna
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Bicker, wrangle, squabble, quarrel, dispute, nag, jar
ANT:Agree, {[hunuouize]?}, accord, concur
SYN:Jargon, babel, wrangle, bickering, squabble, quarrel
ANT:Argument, debate, discourse
Typist: Owen
Definition
v.i. to sound discordantly as in wrangling: to wrangle or quarrel.—v.t. to cause to sound harshly.—n. discordant sound: contention.—ns. Jang′ler; Jang′ling.
Checker: Rudolph
Examples
- In the inevitable jangle of these incompatibles the church had become dogmatic. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Nay, thou hast hit me there, said the Knight; and, sooth to say, I have little time to jangle with thee. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Listen and you'll hear all the bells in the city jangling. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The three or four domestics resident in the deserted old house came presently at that jangling and continued summons. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- All the bells were jangling and tolling as he reached that place. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
Inputed by Errol