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Jingle

Jin'gle, v. i.

verbintransitive

(jing'gl), v. i. [See GINGLE and CHINK.] To sound with a fine, sharp rattle; to clink. [Written also gingle.]

With strange and several noises Of roaring, shrieking, howling, jingling chains. Shak.

Jin'gle, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. JINGLED; p. pr. & vb. n. JINGLING.] To cause to give a sharp sound, as a little bell, or as pieces of metal. The bells she jingled, and the whistle blew. Pope.

Jĭn'gle, n.

noun

n. 1. A rattling or clinking sound, as of little bells or pieces of metal.

  1. That which makes a jingling sound, as a rattle, and the like.
  2. Correspondence of sound in rhymes; artificial or senseless assonance.
  3. (pl.) St. Anthony's fire. [Obs.] Fuller.