janglen.
/ˈdʒaŋɡl/, U.S. /ˈdʒæŋɡ(ə)l/ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > empty, idle talk > [noun]
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follyc1300
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fablec1384
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babbling?c1430
clackc1440
pratinga1470
waste?a1475
clattera1500
trattle1513
babble?a1525
tattlea1529
tittle-tattlea1529
chatc1530
babblery1532
bibble-babble1532
slaverings1535
trittle-trattle1563
prate?1574
babblement1595
pribble-prabble1595
pribble1603
morologya1614
pibble-pabblea1616
sounda1616
spitter-spatter1619
argology1623
vaniloquence1623
vaniloquy1623
drivelling1637
jabberment1645
blateration1656
onology1670
whittie-whattiea1687
stultiloquence1721
claver1722
blether1786
havera1796
jaunder1796
havering1808
slaver1825
yatter1827
bugaboo1833
flapdoodle1834
bavardage1835
maunder1835
tattlement1837
slabber1840
gup1848
faddle1850
chatter1851
cock1851
drivel1852
maundering1853
drooling1854
windbaggery1859
blither1866
javer1869
mush1876
slobber1886
guff1888
squit1893
drool1900
macaroni1924
jive1928
natter1943
shtick1948
old talk1956
yack1958
yackety-yack1958
ole talk1964
Haigspeak1981
1340–70 Alex. & Dind. 462 But swiche wordus of wise we wilnen to lere, Þere nis no iargoun no iangle ne iuggementis falce.
c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋576 And he answerde, do manye goode werkes, and spek fewe Iangles.
2. Contention, altercation, bickering.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [noun] > noisy or angry quarrel
flitingc1200
chidec1325
bicker1330
janglingc1330
chiding1340
wrangling1377
brawling1393
altercationc1405
words1410
brabblementa1563
wording1564
brabblery1567
bickering1573
jarring1574
bickerment1586
frapling1600
brangling1611
jangle1641
campling1660
frabble1685
collieshangie1737
flickering1776
wranglea1797
brabbling1858
bassa-bassa1956
1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 8 Then in such a cleere text as this may we know too without further jangle.
1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 302 Having made the whole business of State their Arminian jangles.
1751 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) III. 55 If these jangles were to happen often, it would greatly embitter the pleasure I have in Don.'s company.
1876 C. M. Yonge Womankind xviii. 144 This ought to be frankly owned..if for no other reason than to prevent jangles.
3. Discordant sound, ring, or clang.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > [noun] > sound
ganglinga1387
noise?a1425
jarring1555
jangling1581
discord1589
caterwauling1594
latration1623
tingle-tanglea1635
jar1669
crank1786
jangle1795
discordancy1796
inharmony1799
discordance1801
parrot-house1850
soundclash1925
ear-bender1940
1795 W. Gifford Mæviad 106 The mad jangle of Matilda's lyre.
1834 H. Martineau Farrers of Budge-Row iii. 40 The jangle of cans at the stall where hot coffee was sold.
1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust I. Prelude 8 And the discordant tones of all existence In sullen jangle are together hurled.
4. Confused and noisy talk; the mingled din of voices. (A kind of blending of senses 1, 3.)
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the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > in which many speak simultaneously
buzz1628
jangle1839
Portuguese parliament1897
1839 T. Carlyle Chartism vi. 55 Infinite sorrowful jangle.
1866 Cornhill Mag. Nov. 516 The gay jangle went on, and the laughter and music poured out to where Catherine was sitting.
1884 Christian Commonw. 23 Oct. 20/3 When the chaff of sputter and jangle of platitude and puerility has been sifted away.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
janglev.
/ˈdʒaŋɡl/, U.S. /ˈdʒæŋɡ(ə)l/ I. intransitive.† 1. To talk excessively or noisily; to chatter, babble, prate; said also of birds. Often applied contemptuously to ordinary speaking. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > birds > sound or bird defined by > [verb (intransitive)] > chirp or twitter
chirmOE
chattera1250
janglea1300
jargon?a1366
chirkc1386
chirtc1386
chitterc1386
twittera1387
chirpc1440
yipc1440
channerc1480
quitter1513
chirrup1579
chipper1593
pip1598
gingreate1623
chita1639
sweet1677
shatter17..
swee-swee1839
weet-weet1845
cheet1855
tweet1856
twiddle1863
weet1866
the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > be talkative [verb (intransitive)] > talk excessively or chatter
chavel?c1225
babblea1250
chattera1250
clacka1250
janglea1300
ganglec1300
clapc1315
mumblec1350
blabberc1375
carp1377
tatterc1380
garre1382
rattlec1400
clatter1401
chimec1405
gabc1405
pattera1450
smattera1450
languetc1450
pratec1460
chat1483
jabber1499
clittera1529
cackle1530
prattle1532
blatter1533
blab1535
to run on pattens1546
tattle1547
prittle-prattlea1555
trattlea1555
tittle-tattle1556
quiddlea1566
brabble1570
clicket1570
twattle1573
gabble1574
prittle1583
to like to hear oneself speak, talk1597
to word it1612
deblaterate1623
tongue1624
twitter1630
snatter1647
oversay1656
whiffle1706
to gallop away1711
splutter1728
gob1770
gibble-gabble1775
palaver1781
to talk (etc.) nineteen to the dozen1785
gammon1789
witter1808
yabble1808
yaff1808
mag1810
chelp1820
tongue-pad1825
yatter1825
potter1826
chipper1829
jaw-jaw1831
buzz1832
to shoot off one's mouth1864
yawp1872
blate1878
chin1884
yap1888
spiel1894
to talk (also lie, swear, etc.) a blue streak1895
to run off at the mouth1908
chattermag1909
clatfart1913
to talk a streak1915
to run one's mouth1916
natter1942
ear-bash1944
rabbit1950
yack1950
yacker1961
to eat parrot head (also bottom)1965
yacket1969
to twat on1996
a1300 Cursor Mundi 27620 O pride es iangling o foly, and namliest of licheri.
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 4098 Þenne come Saxoyns, men of Angle, Als þey couþe on þer speche iangle.
c1386 G. Chaucer Man of Law's Tale 676 Thy mynde is lorn, thou ianglest as a Iay.
?c1475 Sqr. lowe Degre 51 The iay iangled them amonge, The larke began that mery songe.
a1500 Lytylle Childrenes Lytil Bk. (Harl. 541) in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 22 Aryse up soft & stylle, And iangylle nether with Iak ne Iylle.
1569 Bp. J. Parkhurst Iniunctions Whether there be..any that walk vp and downe, iangling and talking in the tyme of Common praier.
1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) i. x. 41 In halfe an houre five men will bee wearie with conference..but three women will iangle, and never lacke new subiects to discourse vpon.
1642 D. Rogers Naaman 489 To prate and jangle, play and be merry, and tell tales.
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth V. 329 It was usual..to hear the two nightingales jangling, and talking with each other.
2. † b. To parley (with a thing or person). Obsolete.
a. To speak angrily, harshly, or discordantly; to grumble, murmur; to contend, dispute, wrangle, squabble. archaic.
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the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > speak in a particular manner [verb (intransitive)] > harshly or sharply
jangle1382
carl1602
society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > quarrel [verb (intransitive)] > in noisy or angry manner
flitec900
chidec1000
strivec1290
scold1377
wrangle1377
jangle1382
brawlc1440
bickera1450
to have words1490
altercate1530
jar1550
brangle1553
brabble1568
yed1570
fraple?a1598
barrat1600
warble1600
camp1606
to word it1612
caterwaul1621
cample1628
pickeer1651
spar1698
fratch1714
rafflea1796
row1797
barney1850
dudgeon1859
frabble1885
scrap1895
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Exod. xvii. 2 The which ianglynge aȝens Moyses, seith, Ȝif to us water, that we drynken.
c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 90 Raykes bylyue Ionas toward port Iaph, ay Ianglande for tene Þat he nolde þole, for no-þyng, none of þose pynes.
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) vi. l. 924 Schir, we Iangill nocht in wayne.
c1530 A. Barclay Egloges iii. sig. N v Some brawle & some Jangle whan they be beestly fed.
1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost ii. i. 225 Good witts will be iangling, but gentles agree. View more context for this quotation
1692 J. Washington tr. J. Milton Def. People Eng. viii. 184 It is not worth while to Jangle about a French word.
1797 F. Burney Lett. 3 Apr. Thus they go on, wrangling and jangling.
1849 F. W. Robertson Serm. (1866) 1st Ser. viii. 146 They..jangle about..the breadth of a phylactery.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > conversation > converse [verb (intransitive)] > confer, consult, or deliberate
roundc1275
to speak togetherc1275
to take counselc1290
counsel1297
treat1297
advisea1393
communea1393
to take deliberationc1405
common1416
to put (also bring, lay, set, etc.) their (also our, your) heads togetherc1425
janglec1440
bespeak1489
parliamenta1492
intercommonc1540
confer1545
parle1558
consult1565
imparl1572
break parle1594
handle1596
emparley1600
to confer notes1650
to compare notes1709
powwow1780
to get together1816
palaver1877
c1440 W. Hylton Scala Perfeccionis (1494) ii. xxiii Jangill not therwith..but smyte [it] oute of thyne herte.
a1684 R. Leighton Pract. Comm. 1st Epist. Peter (1694) II. 139 It suffers us not to stand to jangle with each trifling grumbling objection.
c. quasi-transitive. With out. To go on jangling till it exhausts itself.
ΚΠ
1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes ii. 103 Homoiousion, Homoousion, vain logical jangle..may jangle itself out, and go whither and how it likes.
3. To make a discordant or unmusical noise; to sound or ‘jingle’ harshly or discordantly.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > harsh or discordant [verb (intransitive)]
yerrOE
discorda1398
jangle1494
missoundc1500
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jarglec1550
harsh1582
chide1594
caterwaul1621
murr1662
wrangle1816
girl1820
crank1827
saxophone1927
society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > sound [verb (intransitive)] > bells
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knella1375
clinkc1386
clapc1440
jangle1494
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chime1583
troll1607
tintinnate1623
swing1645
ding-dong1659
strike1677
jow1786
clam?a1800
to ring in1818
dinglea1839
to strike offa1843
dingle dongle1858
jowl1872
tankle1894
tintinnabulate1906
tong1907
1494 Lett. Richard III & Henry VII (Rolls) I. 394 The changelyng of bellis.
1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 320 The Belles from the Turrettes on highe make a wonderfull ianglyng.
1678 T. Otway Friendship in Fashion v. 53 The Bells shall jangle out of Tune all Day.
1732 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) I. 345 I was placed at the harpsichord, and after jangling a little, Mr. Wesley took his fiddle and played to his daughters' dancing.
1875 H. E. Manning Internal Mission of Holy Ghost viii. 214 All its notes jangle in discord.
II. transitive.† 6. To speak angrily to, to scold. Obsolete. rare.† 7. To jape. Scottish. Obsolete.
4. To speak or utter in a noisy, babbling, discordant, or contentious manner.
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the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > utter in a chattering manner [verb (transitive)]
cacklec1230
chattera1250
clapc1315
jangle1377
blabberc1380
trattlea1425
pratea1475
chat1483
prattlea1500
prittle-prattlea1555
gabble1566
blatter?1567
gaggle1577
clacket1579
knap1581
prittle1583
clack1590
volley1591
tattle1593
prabble1603
out-babble1649
garrulate1656
gabber?1661
chime1697
spiel1904
chitter-chatter1928
the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > say in a particular manner [verb (transitive)] > throatily or harshly
jangle1377
brayc1400
out-braya1561
yawp1567
throttle1582
swoop1605
throat?1611
caw1616
gargle1635
snarl1693
growl1759
croak1791
rasp1877
to grind out1889
grate1921
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. iv. 155 Madame, I am ȝowre man. What so my mouth iangleth.
1412–13 T. Hoccleve Balade to Henry V 37 Thogh my conceit be smal, And..my wordes..clappe and iangle foorth, as dooth a iay.
1545 King Henry VIII in Hall Chron. (1809) 866 How unreverently that moste precious iuel the worde of God is disputed rimed song and iangeled in every Alehouse.
1597 J. Gerard Herball To Rdr. sig. C3 Any thing they shall..either murmure in corners, or iangle in secret.
1718 M. Prior Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 291 E'er Monkish Rhimes Had jangl'd their fantastic Chimes.
1841 T. A. Trollope Summer W. France I. xvii. 284 The bell..is clanging and jangling its last angry summons to tardy passengers.
1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present iii. ix. 252 That..Life-theory, which we hear jangled on all hands of us.
5. To cause (a bell, etc.) to give forth a harsh discordant sound; to cause to ring, jingle, or clang inharmoniously.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > harsh or discordant [verb (transitive)]
chide1590
jangle1604
jar1633
1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. i. 161 Like sweet bells iangled out of time, and harsh. View more context for this quotation
1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper iii. 189 They jangle all out of tune the sweet Bels of reason and judgement.
1858 A. H. Clough Amours de Voyage in Atlantic Monthly Mar. 538 Jangling a sword on the steps, or jogging a musket Slung to the shoulder behind.
1883 R. Gower My Reminisc. I. vii. 122 Bell-ringers would come..and jangle their changes before an admiring..audience.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (transitive)] > scold
chidec1230
ban1340
tongue1388
rate1393
flite14..
rehetec1400
janglec1430
chafec1485
rattle1542
berate1548
quarrel1587
hazen?1608
bequarrel1624
huff1674
shrewa1687
to claw away, off1692
tongue-pad1707
to blow up1710
scold1718
rag1739
redd1776
bullyraga1790
jaw1810
targe1825
haze1829
overhaul1840
tongue-walk1841
trim1882
to call down1883
tongue-lash1887
roar1917
to go off at (a person)1941
chew1948
wrinch2009
c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) ii. li. 83 What gost thou thus jangelinge me?
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > engage in sexual activity with [verb (transitive)] > have sexual intercourse with
mingeOE
haveOE
knowc1175
ofliec1275
to lie with (or by)a1300
knowledgec1300
meetc1330
beliea1350
yknowc1350
touchc1384
deala1387
dightc1386
usea1387
takec1390
commona1400
to meet witha1400
servea1400
occupy?a1475
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jangle1488
to be busy with1525
to come in1530
visitc1540
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mow1568
to mix one's thigh with1593
do1594
grind1598
pepper1600
yark1600
tumble1603
to taste of1607
compressc1611
jumble1611
mix?1614
consort?1615
tastea1616
bumfiddle1630
ingressa1631
sheet1637
carnal1643
night-work1654
bump1669
bumble1680
frig?c1680
fuck1707
stick1707
screw1719
soil1722
to do over1730
shag1770
hump1785
subagitatec1830
diddle1879
to give (someone) onec1882
charver1889
fuckeec1890
plugc1890
dick1892
to make a baby1911
to know (a person) in the biblical sense1912
jazz1920
rock1922
yentz1924
roll1926
to make love1927
shtupa1934
to give (or get) a tumble1934
shack1935
bang1937
to have it off1937
rump1937
tom1949
to hop into bed (with)1951
ball1955
to make it1957
plank1958
score1960
naughty1961
pull1965
pleasurea1967
to have away1968
to have off1968
dork1970
shaft1970
bonk1975
knob1984
boink1985
fand-
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) vi. l. 150 Sa said the prest that last Ianglyt thi wyff.
Derivatives
ˈjangled adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > [adjective] > making harsh or discordant sound
hoarsec1369
ganglinga1398
roughlyc1400
rauk?a1425
rustyc1430
hask?1440
savagea1450
raw1474
hoar?a1505
harsh1530
untunable1545
jarring1552
jarry1582
barking1589
absonant1600
wrangling1608
raucous1615
asper1626
streperous1637
scrannel1638
caterwaulinga1652
unmelodious1665
jangling1667
latrant1702
untuneful1709
raucid1730
unharmonious1742
unmelodized1771
unmelodic1823
raucal1826
rauque1845
raspish1847
serratic1859
jangled1874
jangly1891
amelodic1937
1874 F. W. Farrar Silence & Voices of God ii. 36 That jangled dissonance in what should be the sweet music of men's lives.
1880 S. Baring-Gould Mehalah II. xiii. 245 The jangled clash of bells.
1886 R. L. Stevenson Strange Case Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde 70 A ferocity of accent that testified to his own jangled nerves.
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