jingle Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a metallic sound
    jangle.
    • the jingle of coins
    • the jangle of spurs
  2. noun a comic verse of irregular measure
    doggerel verse; doggerel.
    • he had heard some silly doggerel that kept running through his mind
  3. verb make a sound typical of metallic objects
    jingle-jangle; jangle.
    • The keys were jingling in his pocket

WordNet

Jin"gle intransitive verb
Etymology
OE. gingelen, ginglen; prob. akin to E. chink; cf. also E. jangle.
Definitions
  1. To sound with a fine, sharp, rattling, clinking, or tinkling sound; as, sleigh bells jingle. Written also gingle.
  2. To rhyme or sound with a jingling effect. "Jingling street ballads." Macaulay.
Jin"gle transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Jingled ; present participle & verbal noun Jingling
Definitions
  1. To cause to give a sharp metallic sound as a little bell, or as coins shaken together; to tinkle.
    The bells she jingled, and the whistle blew. Pope.
Jin"gle noun
Definitions
  1. A rattling, clinking, or tinkling sound, as of little bells or pieces of metal.
  2. That which makes a jingling sound, as a rattle.
    If you plant where savages are, do not only entertain them with trifles and jingles,but use them justly. Bacon.
  3. A correspondence of sound in rhymes, especially when the verse has little merit; hence, the verse itself." The least jingle of verse." Guardian.

Webster 1913