3 entries under this word

Jangle

Jān'gle, v. i.

verbintransitive

(jāng'gl), v. i. [imp. & p. p. JANGLED; p. pr. & vb. n. JANGLING.] [O. Fr. jangler, gangler, Pr. janglar, to mock, rail, quarrel, from L. Ger. & D. jangelen, janken, to whimper, chide, brawl, quarrel.]

To sound harshly or discordantly, as bells out of tune.
To quarrel in words; to altercate; to bicker; to wrangle.

Good wits will be jangling; but gentles agree. Shak.

Jăn'gle, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. 1. To cause to sound harshly or inharmoniously; to rattle. “Like sweet bells jangled, out of tune, and harshly.” Shak.

Sense 2. To cause to sound untunably or discordantly.

Ere monkish rhymes Had jangled their fantastic chimes. Prior.

Jăn'gle, n.

noun

(jăng'gl), n. [O. Fr. jangle, Pr. jangle. See supra.] Discordant sound; contention; prate; babble.