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jingle

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jin·gle  (jnggl)
v. jin·gled, jin·gling, jin·gles
v.intr.
1. To make a tinkling or ringing metallic sound.
2. To have the catchy sound of a simple, repetitious rhyme or doggerel.
v.tr.
To cause to make a tinkling or ringing metallic sound.
n.
1. The sound produced by or as if by bits of metal striking together.
2. A piece of light singsong verse or rhyme.
3. A catchy, often musical advertising slogan.

[Middle English ginglen, of imitative origin.]

jingly adj.

jingle [ˈdʒɪŋgəl]
vb
1. to ring or cause to ring lightly and repeatedly
2. (intr) to sound in a manner suggestive of jingling a jingling verse
n
1. a sound of metal jingling the jingle of the keys
2. a catchy and rhythmic verse, song, etc., esp one used in advertising
[probably of imitative origin; compare Dutch jengelen]
jingler  n
jingly  adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.jinglejingle - a metallic sound; "the jingle of coins"; "the jangle of spurs"
sound - the sudden occurrence of an audible event; "the sound awakened them"
2.jingle - a comic verse of irregular measure; "he had heard some silly doggerel that kept running through his mind"
rhyme, verse - a piece of poetry
Verb1.jingle - make a sound typical of metallic objects; "The keys were jingling in his pocket"
make noise, noise, resound - emit a noise

jingle
verb
ring, rattle, clatter, chime, jangle, tinkle, clink, clank, tintinnabulate Her bracelets jingled like bells.
noun
1. rattle, ringing, tinkle, clang, clink, reverberation, clangour the jingle of money in a man's pocket
2. song, tune, melody, ditty, chorus, slogan, verse, limerick, refrain, doggerel advertising jingles
Translations
jingle [ˈdʒɪŋgl]
A. N
1. (= sound) → tintineo m, retintín m
2. (Literat) → poemita m popular, rima f infantil; (= advertising jingle) → cancioncilla f, musiquilla f (de anuncio)
B. VT [+ coins, jewellery] → hacer tintinear
C. VI [bells] → tintinear

jingle [ˈdʒɪŋgəl]
n (= advertising jingle) → jingle m publicitaire, sonal m publicitaire
vicliqueter, tinter
vt [+ coins] → faire cliqueter

jingle
n
(of keys, bracelets, coins etc)Geklimper nt, → Klimpern nt; (of bells)Bimmeln nt
(= catchy verse)Spruch m; (for remembering) → Merkvers m; (advertising) jingleJingle m
vi (keys, bracelets, coins etc)klimpern; (bells)bimmeln
vt keys, bracelets, coinsklimpern mit; bellsbimmeln lassen

jingle [ˈdʒɪŋgl]
1. n (of keys, coins) → tintinnio; (of bells) → scampanellio; (advert) → jingle m inv, ritornello pubblicitario
2. vt (see n) → far tintinnare, far scampanellare
3. vi (see n) → tintinnare, scampanellare

jingle [ˈdʒɪŋgl]
1. n (of keys, coins) → tintinnio; (of bells) → scampanellio; (advert) → jingle m inv, ritornello pubblicitario
2. vt (see n) → far tintinnare, far scampanellare
3. vi (see n) → tintinnare, scampanellare

jingle
n jingle [ˈdʒiŋgl]
1 a slight metallic ringing sound (made eg by coins or by small bells) The dog pricked up its ears at the jingle of its master's keys. klingel جَلْجَلَه، خَشْخَشَه звънтене cinkání klingen; klirren das Klimpern κουδούνισμα tintineo kõlin صدای جلینگ جلینگ kilinä cliquetis קִשקוּש खन खनाहट zveket csörgés dentingan bjölluhljómur, hringl tintinnio ちりんちりん鳴る 딸랑거리는 소리 žvangtelėjimas šķindoņa; žvadzoņa bunyi gemerencing rinkelen klirring, bjelleklang dzwonienie tinido clinchet звяканье štrnganie žvenket zveket klinga, pingla, skramla, rassla เสียงกระทบกันของโลหะ şıngırtı, cıngırtı 叮噹當聲 дзвін, дзеленчання جھنکار tiếng leng keng
2 a simple rhyming verse or tune nursery rhymes and other little jingles; advertising jingles. rymelary تناغُم قوافي أبيات شِعْريَّه лесно стихче rýmovačka jingle; -jingle das Wortgeklingel απλή μελωδία ή ομοιοκαταληξία tonadilla (publicitaria) vemmalvärss شعر کوتاه و ساده mainossävel refrain (publicitaire) זַמרִיר, גִ'ינגֶל छोटा मधुर गाना reklamni jingle rigmus lagu pendek einfalt og auðlært rím; auglÿsingastef ritornello; musichetta 語ろの良い文句 (음악이나 시의) 같은 음 dainelė rīme; pants dendang deuntje barnerim, regle; slagord rymowanka rimas ver­suri (cu rimă şi alternanţă) рифма rýmovačka preproste rime dečja pesmica ramsa, barnrim, jingel บทกวีที่มีเสียงสัมผัสต่อเนื่องกัน cıngıl 順口溜,短歌簡單韻律詩 співзвучність, алітерація مختصر اشتہاری نغمہ یا گیت âm, vần
v
to (cause to) make a clinking or ringing sound; He jingled the coins in his pocket. rammel, rinkel يُجَلْجِل، يُخَشْخِش дрънча cinkat klirre; klirre med klimpern mit κουδουνίζω tintinear kõlisema, kõlistama جلینگ جلینگ کردن kilistä faire tinter לְקַשקֵש खनखनाना zveckati csörget mendentingkan hringla tintinnare, far tintinnare ちりんちりん鳴らす 딸랑딸랑 울리다 žvanginti, žvangėti šķindināt; šķindēt; žvadzināt; žvadzēt menggoncangkan doen rinkelen klirre, rasle dzwonić, pobrzękiwać tilintar a zăngăni; a zornăi звякать štrngať žvenketati zveckati klinga, skramla [] ทำให้เกิดเสียงดังจากโลหะกระทบกัน şıngırdatmak (使)發出叮噹聲叮當響 дзвеніти, дзеленчати کھنکھناہٹ کرنا rung leng keng使


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Jingle, jingle, went the shillings, as handful after handful was thrown in, till, plump and ponderous as she was, they fairly weighed the young lady from the floor.
Well, I think I've got some things in mine that will make a pretty jingle in it.
He is cased in a cuirass of double-fold deer skin, and carries a bull's hide shield; he is forked in a Moorish saddle, high before and behind; his feet are thrust into wooden box stirrups, of Moorish fashion, and a tremendous pair of iron spurs, fastened by chains, jingle at his heels.
 
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