n. One who, or that which, jingles. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ OE. gingelen, ginglen; prob. akin to E. chink; cf. also E. jangle. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To sound with a fine, sharp, rattling, clinking, or tinkling sound; as, sleigh bells jingle. [ Written also gingle. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To rhyme or sound with a jingling effect. “Jingling street ballads.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Jingled p. pr. & vb. n. Jingling ] To cause to give a sharp metallic sound as a little bell, or as coins shaken together; to tinkle. [ 1913 Webster ]

The bells she jingled, and the whistle blew. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A rattling, clinking, or tinkling sound, as of little bells or pieces of metal. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which makes a jingling sound, as a rattle. [ 1913 Webster ]

If you plant where savages are, do not only entertain them with trifles and jingles, but use them justly. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A correspondence of sound in rhymes, especially when the verse has little merit; hence, a rhyming verse of no poetical merit. “ The least jingle of verse.” Guardian.
The verses used in commercial advertisements are often called jingles, especially when sung. [ 1913 Webster ]

Jingle shell. See Gold shell (b), under Gold. [ 1913 Webster ]