JINGLING

jingling, jingly

(adjective) having a series of high-pitched ringing sounds like many small bells; “jingling sleigh bells”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Noun

jingling (countable and uncountable, plural jinglings)

The sound made by something that jingles.

An old parlour game in which blindfolded players within a ring attempted to catch another player to whom a bell was tied.

Verb

jingling

present participle of jingle

Source: Wiktionary

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Jin"gling, n.

Definition: The act or process of producing a jingle; also, the sound itself; a chink. "The jingling of the guinea." Tennyson.

JINGLE

Jin"gle, v. i. Etym: [OE. gingelen, ginglen; prob. akin to E. chink; cf. also E. jangle.]

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.

Jin"gle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jingled; p. pr. & vb. n. Jingling.]

Definition: 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.

Jin"gle, n.

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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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