Thesaurus: jingle

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1. v. i. To sound with a fine, sharp, rattling, clinking, or tinkling sound; as, sleigh bells jingle.
2. v. i. To rhyme or sound with a jingling effect.
3. v. t. To cause to give a sharp metallic sound as a little bell, or as coins shaken together; to tinkle.
4. n. A rattling, clinking, or tinkling sound, as of little bells or pieces of metal.
5. n. That which makes a jingling sound, as a rattle.
6. n. A correspondence of sound in rhymes, especially when the verse has little merit; hence, the verse itself.
7. n. a metallic sound
8. n. a comic verse of irregular measure
9. v. make a sound typical of metallic objects
10. 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. 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. 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. Jingle shell. See Gold shell (b), under Gold.
11. To cause to give a sharp metallic sound as a little bell, or ascoins shaken together; to tinkle.The bells she jingled, and the whistle blew. Pope.
12. v:35/n:65 n. a metallic sound v. make a sound typical of metallic objects