jin|gle

jin|gle
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.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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