From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Jingle \Jin"gle\, v. i. [OE. gingelen, ginglen; prob. akin to E.
chink; cf. also E. jangle.]
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1. To sound with a fine, sharp, rattling, clinking, or
tinkling sound; as, sleigh bells jingle. [Written also
{gingle}.]
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2. To rhyme or sound with a jingling effect. "Jingling street
ballads." --Macaulay.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Jingle \Jin"gle\, 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.
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The bells she jingled, and the whistle blew. --Pope.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Jingle \Jin"gle\, n.
1. A rattling, clinking, or tinkling sound, as of little
bells or pieces of metal.
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2. That which makes a jingling sound, as a rattle.
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If you plant where savages are, do not only
entertain them with trifles and jingles, but use
them justly. --Bacon.
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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.
Note: The verses used in commercial advertisements are often
called jingles, especially when sung.
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{Jingle shell}. See {Gold shell}
(b), under {Gold}.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jingle
n 1: a metallic sound; "the jingle of coins"; "the jangle of
spurs" [syn: {jingle}, {jangle}]
2: a comic verse of irregular measure; "he had heard some silly
doggerel that kept running through his mind" [syn:
{doggerel}, {doggerel verse}, {jingle}]
v 1: make a sound typical of metallic objects; "The keys were
jingling in his pocket" [syn: {jingle}, {jingle-jangle},
{jangle}]
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