jingle1 verbjingle2 noun
jinglejin‧gle1 /ˈdʒɪŋɡəl/ verb [intransitive, transitive] 
Word OriginWORD ORIGINjingle1
Verb TableOrigin:
1300-1400 From the soundVERB TABLE
jingle
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | jingle |
| he, she, it | jingles | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | jingled |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have jingled |
| he, she, it | has jingled | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had jingled |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will jingle |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have jingled |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am jingling |
| he, she, it | is jingling | |
| you, we, they | are jingling | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was jingling |
| you, we, they | were jingling | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been jingling |
| he, she, it | has been jingling | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been jingling |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be jingling |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been jingling |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- A herd of goats crossed the beach, the bells around their necks jingling cheerfully.
- Noah was jingling his keys in his pocket.
- The coins in his pocket jingled together noisily.
- Dimes came baked into cakes, jammed into cans, glued to pictures of the president, and jingling loose in envelopes.
- I turned the key back quietly, extracting it with shaking hands, careful not to let the keys jingle together noisily.
- It squeaked and jingled on its hinges as they swung it behind them.
- Once he thought he heard metal jingling further down the room he lived and ate and slept in.
- Sethe jingled the earrings for the pleasure of the crawling-already? girl, who reached for them over and over again.
- The chain on his amulets begins to jingle.
- The crowd jingled with all their wealth.
- The tips in her sagging pockets jingled and banged against her leg.
Longman Language Activatorsounds made by glass or metal hitting something► clink
to shake small metal things together so that they make a sound, or to make this sound: if something made of glass or metal clinks , it makes a short ringing sound as it hits another glass or metal object: · Their champagne glasses clinked. "Happy Anniversary Darling,'' Roger said.clink against: · She wore at least twenty bracelets, which clinked against each other every time she moved her arm.
► clank if something heavy made of metal clanks , it makes a short, loud noise as it hits another metal object: · The train's carriages clanked and rattled as it crept into the station.· In the harbor, the boats' rigging clanked noisily in the high wind.
► clang if something metal clangs , it makes a loud, long ringing noise when it hits another metal object: · Somewhere inside the courtyard a bell clanged.clang shut: · The prison door clanged shut again.
► jingle if a set of things jingle , especially things made of metal or glass, they make a continuous high musical sound as they hit each other: · The coins in his pocket jingled together noisily.· A herd of goats crossed the beach, the bells around their necks jingling cheerfully.
► ring if something rings , it makes a high, loud, continuous sound after it hits another object: · If you tap something made of good glass, it should keep ringing for quite a long time.
► tinkle to produce the pleasant, high, continuous sound that is made, for example, by light pieces of glass or metal hitting each other: · I rang the bell and heard it tinkle inside.· The ring fell from her hands and went tinkling across the floor.
He jingled his car keys.jingle1 verbjingle2 noun
jinglejingle2 noun ExamplesEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- Just then there was the jingle of keys outside the door.
- A jingle for every occasion: birthdays, menstruation, first love.
- A little jingle in his head: East is east and lost is lost..
- Beyond the walls I heard the stamp and jingle of the King's escort, but he came in alone.
- He writes jingles and obscure Broadway tunes.
- Most of the phrases the students came up with were jingles and slang.
- Then he heard, faintly but distinctly, the jingle of a bridle.
- There are already plans to make the £26,000 jingle into a hit single and show the ad in cinemas.
THESAURUSmade by things hitting other things► bang
1[countable] a short song used in advertisements2[singular] the sound of small metal objects being shaken together a loud sound caused especially when something hard or heavy hits something else: · I heard a loud bang and rushed out to see what had happened.· He slammed the door shut with a bang.
► crash a very loud sound caused when something hits something else, especially when damage is caused: · The tray of dishes fell to the floor with a crash.· I heard an enormous crash outside our house, and I went to see what had happened.
► thud a quiet low sound made when a heavy object falls down onto surface: · There was a dull thud as the box hit the floor.· His head hit the ground with a sickening thud.
► thump a dull loud sound made when a heavy object hits something else: · There was a loud thump as Eddie threw Luther back against the wall.
► clink a short ringing sound made when two glass, metal, or china objects hit each other: · the clink of champagne glasses· The clink of cutlery could be heard in the restaurant.
► tinkle the pleasant sound that is made by light pieces of glass or metal hitting each other repeatedly: · He listened to the faint tinkle of cow bells in the distance.
► jingle the sound of small metal objects being shaken together: · the jingle of her bracelets· the jingle of keys
► rattle a short repeated sound made when things hit against each other – used especially when part of something is loose and is hitting against something: · There was a strange rattle coming from the engine.· the rattle of the trolley
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