Found 3 items, similar to jingle.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: jingle
berdenting, gemerincing
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: jingle
jingle
n 1: a metallic sound;
“the jingle of coins”;
“the jangle of
spurs” [syn:
jangle]
2: a comic verse of irregular measure;
“he had heard some silly
doggerel that kept running through his mind” [syn:
doggerel,
doggerel verse]
v : make a sound typical of metallic objects;
“The keys were
jingling in his pocket” [syn:
jingle-jangle,
jangle]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Jingle
Jingle
\Jin"gle\, v. i. [OE. gingelen, ginglen; prob. akin to E.
chink; cf. also E. jangle.]
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1. To sound with a fine, sharp, rattling, clinking, or
tinkling sound; as, sleigh bells jingle. [Written also
gingle.]
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2. To rhyme or sound with a jingling effect.
“Jingling
street ballads.” --Macaulay.
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Jingle
\Jin"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Jingled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Jingling.]
To cause to give a sharp metallic sound as a little bell, or
as coins shaken together; to tinkle.
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The bells she jingled, and the whistle blew. --Pope.
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Jingle
\Jin"gle\, n.
1. A rattling, clinking, or tinkling sound, as of little
bells or pieces of metal.
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2. That which makes a jingling sound, as a rattle.
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If you plant where savages are, do not only
entertain them with trifles and jingles, but use
them justly. --Bacon.
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3. A correspondence of sound in rhymes, especially when the
verse has little merit; hence, a rhyming verse of no
poetical merit.
“ The least jingle of verse.”
--Guardian.
Note: The verses used in commercial advertisements are often
called jingles, especially when sung.
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Jingle shell. See
Gold shell
(b), under
Gold.
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