Jingle
['dʒɪŋg(ə)l] or ['dʒɪŋgl]
Definition
(noun.) a metallic sound; 'the jingle of coins'; 'the jangle of spurs'.
(verb.) make a sound typical of metallic objects; 'The keys were jingling in his pocket'.
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Definition
(v. i.) To sound with a fine, sharp, rattling, clinking, or tinkling sound; as, sleigh bells jingle.
(v. i.) To rhyme or sound with a jingling effect.
(v. t.) To cause to give a sharp metallic sound as a little bell, or as coins shaken together; to tinkle.
(n.) A rattling, clinking, or tinkling sound, as of little bells or pieces of metal.
(n.) That which makes a jingling sound, as a rattle.
(n.) A correspondence of sound in rhymes, especially when the verse has little merit; hence, the verse itself.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. [Written also Gingle.] Tinkle.
n. Tinkling, jingling, TINTINABULATION, jingling sound.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Rhyme, chime, tinkle, tingle
ANT:Euphony, consonance, melody, harmony
Editor: Winthrop
Definition
n. a clinking sound: that which makes a rattling sound: a correspondence of sounds: a covered two-wheeled car.—v.i. to sound with a jingle.—ns. Jing′le-jang′le a jingling sound; Jing′let a ball serving as the clapper of a sleigh-bell; Jīng′ling a game in which blindfolded players within a ring try to catch a player with a bell tied to him.
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Examples
- Oh, Mr. Jingle, what _can_ I say! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Pride, old fellow, pride,' replied Jingle, quite at his ease. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Dear Mr. Jingle was not deceiving me. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Of course he will,' said Mr. Jingle pausing--'outrageous. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Mus'r Jingle and Miss Rachael, in a po'-chay, from Blue Lion, Muggleton. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- With regard to such an outfit as was indispensable for Jingle,' said Perker, addressing Mr. Pickwick aloud. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Mr. Jingle's face gradually relaxed; and something distantly resembling a wink quivered for an instant in his left eye. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Ye'll be jingling into poetry just e'now. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The jingling piano at last is silent, and the Harmonic friends rally round their pillows. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Saying these words, Caddy laughingly sat down at a little jingling square piano and really rattled off a quadrille with great spirit. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- We live among bankers and City big-wigs, and be hanged to them, and every man, as he talks to you, is jingling his guineas in his pocket. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- She took possession of the keys soon after this, and went jingling about the house with the whole bunch in a little basket, tied to her slender waist. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Every time I hear him jingling his money, I hear him taking liberties with my money. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Perhaps, if I had thought twice about it, I might never have given her the jingling name. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- If you will not take seventy, I will carry this bag (and he shook it till the contents jingled) back to my master. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- When he tried to speak, he was shouted down, and the President jingled the bell at him. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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