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Jingle is defined as to cause the sound of small bells, or to create a sound by shaking small bits of metal.
(verb)An example of jingle is to toss some coins around in your pocket.
The definition of a jingle is a sound like a small bell, or an advertising verse.
(noun)- An example of a jingle is the sound of Santa's bells.
- An example of a jingle is a catchy rhyme to get you to buy a product.
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See jingle in Webster's New World College Dictionary
intransitive verb jingled, jingling
- to make a succession of light, ringing sounds, as small bells or bits of metal striking together; tinkle
- to have obvious, easy rhythm, simple repetitions of sound, etc., as some poetry and music
Origin: ME gingelen, prob. echoic
transitive verb
to cause to jingle
noun
- a jingling sound
- a verse that jingles; jingling arrangement of words: a writer of advertising jingles
Related Forms:
- jingly adjective
See jingle in American Heritage Dictionary 4
verb jin·gled, jin·gling, jin·gles verb, intransitive
- To make a tinkling or ringing metallic sound.
- To have the catchy sound of a simple, repetitious rhyme or doggerel.
To cause to make a tinkling or ringing metallic sound.
noun- The sound produced by or as if by bits of metal striking together.
- A piece of light singsong verse or rhyme.
- A catchy, often musical advertising slogan.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English ginglen
Origin: , of imitative origin
.Related Forms:
- jinˈgly adjective
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