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noun

Definition of jinglenext
1
as in rattle
a series of short high ringing sounds the jingle of change in my pocket

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as in ballad
a short musical composition for the human voice often with instrumental accompaniment loved that jingle in the commercial for the fast-food place

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jingle

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verb

ˈjiŋ-gəl How to pronounce jingle (audio)
as in to clink
to make a repeated sharp light ringing sound the bell on the kitten's collar jingled as she walked

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Recent Examples of jingle
Noun
World Cup games also play a specific jingle for the team that scores, giving them a moment to party after a goals. — Kansas City Star, 26 June 2026 The artists will be fine, but the guys who do commercial music, film music, advertising music, jingles, and everything, they will be replaced. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 June 2026
Verb
School rules now insignificant—even to Walsh, who stands hands in his pockets, jingling his keys. — Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026 The bells that dangled off her red tunic jingled. — Caitlin McGlade, Charlotte Observer, 17 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for jingle
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jingle
  1. rattle
  2. ballad
  3. clink
  4. clatter
  5. song
  6. tinkle
  7. hymn
  8. ring
Noun
  • Owner complaints around the current-generation Tundra have included interior rattles and occasional trim or electronic issues.
    — Josh Max, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Stuttering lines, on the left, jerking up and down, denote the rattle of guns; on the right, the lines are all but flat, as silence descends.
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of rattle
Noun
  • Violin player Nina de Vitry provided an especially tasteful complement on this ballad, making one fiddle sound like a whole string section.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 17 Aug. 2026
  • The ballad shot to the top of the charts in Britain and the United States and has had more than 1 billion streams, boosted by real eclipses in 2017, 2024 and most recently during last week’s solar eclipse.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of ballad
Verb
  • Just the sight of the glasses, dewy with condensation on the outside and filled to the rim with clinking ice, nearly chilled my body.
    — Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Miriam pulled one tooth, then another from her mouth, and clinked them into a porcelain dish on her nightstand.
    — Rachel Yoder, New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of clink
Noun
  • All night long there was the ringing clatter of picks and shovels; the Germans were digging trenches in the frozen ground.
    — Vasily Grossman, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
  • No clatter of boots and ankles.
    — Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 23 June 2026
Definition of clatter
Noun
  • Their friendship was one of many laughs, songs and adventures.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Langley’s original may be built for stadium singalongs and summer radio, but the Fallon performance proves that her song remains sensational despite the change of scenery.
    — Sophie Miller, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of song
Verb
  • The small fragments of colorful glass, strung along together, produce soothing sounds, their tinkling notes wafting through the air alongside a chorus of windchimes and the sweet scent of plumeria blooming in the garden.
    — Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2026
  • Food and drink Fontana restaurant is the main attraction here, with an inviting courtyard and a tinkling fountain lending a European feel.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 June 2026
Definition of tinkle
Noun
  • The rugby union side’s is ‘Swing Low, Sweet Chariot’, originally an African-American hymn sung by slaves in the United States in the mid-19th century.
    — George Edwards, New York Times, 31 July 2026
  • The hymn was dubbed by the NAACP as the Black national anthem in the early 1900s.
    — PJ Green July 30, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026
Definition of hymn
Verb
  • Even as the 2024-25 season hoved into view, the phone failed to ring, prompting James to wonder if this really was it for a senior career that, up to then, had been spent exclusively in the top two divisions of the English game.
    — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
  • About 100 people were gathered near Ooh La La Lounge and Bar when the shots rang out, according to News 12 Brooklyn.
    — John Annese, New York Daily News, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of ring

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