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jingle

6 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) jingle (verb)
  2. 2) jingle (noun)
  3. jingle bell (noun)
  4. jingle shell (noun)
  5. jingle stick (noun)
  6. crambo clink (noun)

1jin·gle

verb \ˈjiŋ-gəl\
jin·gledjin·gling\-g(ə-)liŋ\

Definition of JINGLE

intransitive verb
1
: to make a light clinking or tinkling sound
2
: to rhyme or sound in a catchy repetitious manner
transitive verb
: to cause to jingle
— jin·gler \-g(ə-)lər\ noun
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Examples of JINGLE

  1. Bells jingled in the distance.
  2. She jingled the coins in her pocket.

Origin of JINGLE

Middle English ginglen, of imitative origin
First Known Use: 14th century

Related to JINGLE

Rhymes with JINGLE

cringle, dingle, mingle, shingle, single, tingle

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