jin´gler

jin|gle «JIHNG guhl», noun, verb, -gled, -gling.

–n.

1. a sound like that of little bells, or of coins or keys striking together: »

a canvas bag, that gave forth, at a touch, the jingle of gold (Robert Louis Stevenson).

SYNONYM(S): tinkle.

2. a verse or song that has similar sounds repeated in it, or that has a catchy rhyme. “Higgledy, piggledy, my black hen” is a jingle. Mother Goose rhymes are jingles.

3. a covered two-wheeled cart used in Ireland and Australia.

╂[< verb]

–v.i.

1. to make a sound like bells, coins, or keys striking together: »

The sleigh bells jingle as we ride.

2. to make jingling verses: »

Whene'er my Muse does on me glance, I jingle at her (Robert Burns).

3. to be full of simple repetitions or catchy rhymes: »

a jingling nursery rhyme.

–v.t.

to cause (something) to jingle: »

to jingle the money in one's pocket.

╂[Middle English gynglen; imitative]

–jin´gler, noun.

–jin´gling|ly, adverb.