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1. (v.i.) jingle
to make clinking or tinkling sounds:
sleighbells jingling.
2. jingle
to move or proceed with such sounds.
3. jingle
to sound or rhyme in a light, repetitious manner.
4. (v.t.) jingle
to cause to jingle.
5. (n.) jingle
a tinkling or clinking sound.
6. jingle
something that makes such a sound.
7. jingle
a catchy succession of repetitious sounds, as in verse.
8. jingle
a piece of verse or a short song with these catchy sounds, usu. of a light or humorous character:
an advertising jingle.
9. jingle
Irish Eng. and Australian. a two-wheeled carriage used as a hackney coach.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME gynglen, appar. imit.; cf. D jengelen; see -le)
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| Definition of 'jingle' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) jingle, jangle
a metallic sound
"the jingle of coins"; "the jangle of spurs"
2. (verb) doggerel, doggerel verse, jingle
a comic verse of irregular measure
"he had heard some silly doggerel that kept running through his mind"
3. (verb) jingle, jingle-jangle, jangle
make a sound typical of metallic objects
"The keys were jingling in his pocket"
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1. (verb) jingle
to make a sound like a small bell
The bell on the diner door jingled as it opened.; He jingled the coins in his pocket.
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| Definition of 'jingle' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) jingle
a rattling, clinking, or tinkling sound, as of little bells or pieces of metal
2. (noun) jingle
that which makes a jingling sound, as a rattle
3. (noun) jingle
a correspondence of sound in rhymes, especially when the verse has little merit; hence, the verse itself
4. (verb) jingle
to sound with a fine, sharp, rattling, clinking, or tinkling sound; as, sleigh bells jingle
5. (verb) jingle
to rhyme or sound with a jingling effect
6. (verb) jingle
to cause to give a sharp metallic sound as a little bell, or as coins shaken together; to tinkle
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Sense: a slight metallic ringing sound (made eg by coins or by small bells)
The dog pricked up its ears at the jingle of its master's keys.
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 Afrikaans: klingel |
 Arabic: جَلْجَلَه، خَشْخَشَه |
 Bulgarian: звънтене |
 Brazilian: tinido |
 Czech: cinkání |
 German: das Klimpern |
 Danish: klingen; klirren |
 Greek: κουδούνισμα |
 Spanish: tintineo |
 Estonian: kõlin |
 Farsi: صدای جلینگ جلینگ |
 Finnish: kilinä |
 French: cliquetis |
 Hebrew: קִשקוּש |
 Hindi: खन खनाहट |
 Croatian: zveket |
 Hungarian: csörgés |
 Indonesian: dentingan |
 Icelandic: bjölluhljómur, hringl |
 Italian: tintinnio |
 Japanese: ちりんちりん鳴る |
 Korean: 딸랑거리는 소리 |
 Lithuanian: žvangtelėjimas |
 Latvian: šķindoņa; žvadzoņa |
 Malay: bunyi gemerencing |
 Dutch: rinkelen |
 Norwegian: klirring, bjelleklang |
 Polish: dzwonienie |
 Persian: صدای جلینگ جلینگ |
 Pashto: كړنګا ( لكه دكينګړى، زنګو |
 Portuguese: tinido |
 Romanian: clinchet |
 Russian: звяканье |
 Slovak: štrnganie |
 Slovenian: žvenket |
 Serbian: zveket |
 Swedish: klinga, pingla, skramla, |
 Thai: เสียงกระทบกันของโลหะ |
 Turkish: şıngırtı, cıngırtı |
 Taiwanese: 叮噹聲 |
 Ukrainian: дзвін, дзеленчання |
 Urdu: جھنکار |
 Vietnamese: tiếng leng keng |
 Chinese: 叮当声 |
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