"jingle" Definition

Definitions for the word "jingle" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. v. i.
To sound with a fine, sharp, rattling, clinking, or tinkling sound; as, sleigh bells jingle.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. v. i.
To rhyme or sound with a jingling effect.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. t.
To cause to give a sharp metallic sound as a little bell, or as coins shaken together; to tinkle.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
A rattling, clinking, or tinkling sound, as of little bells or pieces of metal.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
That which makes a jingling sound, as a rattle.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
A correspondence of sound in rhymes, especially when the verse has little merit; hence, the verse itself.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
1 mixed ringing or clinking noise. 2 a repetition of sounds in a phrase etc. B short catchy verse or song in advertising etc. v. (-ling) 1 (cause to) make a jingling sound. 2 (of writing) be full of alliteration, rhymes, etc. [imitative]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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