Jingling
['dʒiŋɡliŋ]
Definition
(adj.) having a series of high-pitched ringing sounds like many small bells; 'jingling sleigh bells' .
Editor: Nat--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jingle
(n.) The act or process of producing a jingle; also, the sound itself; a chink.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Jingle.
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Examples
- 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.
- Are there not moments when one grows sick of grinning and tumbling, and the jingling of cap and bells? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The steam launch was fussing in, all its music jingling, people calling excitedly from on board. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I know it was near the bar, on account of the smell of spirits and jingling of glasses. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
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