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   Jangle (?), v. i.  [imp. & p. p. Jangled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Jangling (?).] [OE. janglen to quarrel, OF. jangler to rail, quarrel; of Dutch or German origin; cf. D. jangelen, janken, to whimper, chide, brawl, quarrel.]
   
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   1.  To sound harshly or discordantly, as bells out of tune.
   
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   2.  To talk idly; to prate; to babble; to chatter; to gossip. “Thou janglest as a jay.”  Chaucer.
   
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   3.  To quarrel in words; to altercate; to wrangle.
   
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   Good wits will be jangling; but, gentles, agree. Shak.
   
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   Prussian Trenck . . . jargons and jangles in an unmelodious manner. Carlyle.
   
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   Jangle, v. t. To cause to sound harshly or inharmoniously; to produce discordant sounds with.
   
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   Like sweet bells jangled, out of tune, and harsh. Shak.
   
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   Jangle, n. [Cf. OF. jangle.]
   
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   1.  Idle talk; prate; chatter; babble.  Chaucer.
   
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   2.  Discordant sound; wrangling.
   
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   3. The unmelodious ringing of multiple metallic objects striking together, such as a set of small bells.
   
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   The musical jangle of sleigh bells. Longfellow.
   
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