Found 2 items, similar to Jangling.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: jangling jangling adj : like the discordant ringing of nonmusical metallic objects striking together; “cowboys with jangling spurs” [syn: jangly]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Jangling Jangle \Jan"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Jangled; p. pr. & vb. n. Jangling.] [OE. janglen to quarrel, OF. jangler to rail, quarrel; of Dutch or German origin; cf. D. jangelen, janken, to whimper, chide, brawl, quarrel.] [1913 Webster] 1. To sound harshly or discordantly, as bells out of tune. [1913 Webster] 2. To talk idly; to prate; to babble; to chatter; to gossip. “Thou janglest as a jay.” --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 3. To quarrel in words; to altercate; to wrangle. [1913 Webster] Good wits will be jangling; but, gentles, agree. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Prussian Trenck . . . jargons and jangles in an unmelodious manner. --Carlyle. [1913 Webster] Jangling \Jan"gling\, a. Producing discordant sounds. “A jangling noise.” --Milton. [1913 Webster] Jangling \Jan"gling\, n. 1. Idle babbling; vain disputation. [1913 Webster] From which some, having swerved, have turned aside unto vain jangling. --1 Tim. i. 6. [1913 Webster] 2. Wrangling; altercation. --Lamb. [1913 Webster]