jingle

Speech parts

1. jingle - Noun

2. jingle - Verb

3. Jingle - Proper noun

Meaning

To sound with a fine, sharp, rattling, clinking, or tinkling sound; as, sleigh bells jingle.

To rhyme or sound with a jingling effect.

To cause to give a sharp metallic sound as a little bell, or as coins shaken together; to tinkle.

A rattling, clinking, or tinkling sound, as of little bells or pieces of metal.

That which makes a jingling sound, as a rattle.

A correspondence of sound in rhymes, especially when the verse has little merit; hence, the verse itself.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

jangle clink tinkle sound ring tune melody rattle chime jingling tinkling clatter ditty doggerel doggerel verse
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Antonyms

hush privacy silence calmness quietness unsound
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Hypernyms

sound noise verse rhyme resound make noise

Related terms

jangle

Phrases with the word

give a jingle jingle porch central jingle jingle patio

Derivatives

jingled jingling

Examples

he had heard some silly doggerel that kept running through his mind Source: Internet

the jingle of coins Source: Internet

the jangle of spurs Source: Internet

The keys were jingling in his pocket Source: Internet

Amy moved to Nashville in 1995, working as a jingle writer and doing session work. Source: Internet

Felicity McGraw performs a jingle dress dance at the Red Dress ceremony at NSCC Pictou Campus last week. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Jingjiang jingju jingko jingle bell jingle brains jingle mail