GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Found 3 definitions

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   Jingle , v. i. [OE. gingelen, ginglen; prob. akin to E. chink; cf. also E. jangle.]
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   To sound with a fine, sharp, rattling, clinking, or tinkling sound; as, sleigh bells jingle. [Written also gingle.]
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   To rhyme or sound with a jingling effect. “Jingling street ballads.”
   Macaulay.
   
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   Jingle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jingled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Jingling .] To cause to give a sharp metallic sound as a little bell, or as coins shaken together; to tinkle.
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   The bells she jingled, and the whistle blew.
   Pope.
   
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   Jingle, n.
   A rattling, clinking, or tinkling sound, as of little bells or pieces of metal.
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   That which makes a jingling sound, as a rattle.
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   If you plant where savages are, do not only entertain them with trifles and jingles, but use them justly.
   Bacon.
   
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   A correspondence of sound in rhymes, especially when the verse has little merit; hence, a rhyming verse of no poetical merit. “ The least jingle of verse.” 
   Guardian.
   
   The verses used in commercial advertisements are often called jingles, especially when sung.
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   Jingle shell. See Gold shell (b), under Gold.
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