jingly

Variant of jingle

intransitive verb jingled, jingling

  1. to make a succession of light, ringing sounds, as small bells or bits of metal striking together; tinkle
  2. 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

  1. a jingling sound
  2. a verse that jingles; jingling arrangement of words: a writer of advertising jingles

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