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单词 jingle
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Definition of jingle in English:

jingle

noun ˈdʒɪŋɡ(ə)lˈdʒɪŋɡəl
  • 1A light ringing sound such as that made by metal objects being shaken together.

    the jingle of a bridle
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Abruptly, Adrian heard the sound of a jingle coming from outside his apartment door.
    • Then he realized it was the jingle of harness as Hoss and Joe pulled back into the yard.
    • After a moment, I heard his footsteps fade into a jingle of keys and a hacking cough.
    • He opened the glass door to leave, which resulted in a familiar jingle, breaking the persistent silence.
    • She found her keys, their familiar jingle rattling her.
    • I could hear a jingle of keys and the bar doors opening.
    • Leaning back slightly, he felt the porcelain gun on the inside of his coat, rubbing against his side, and the light jingle of a jar of pills.
    • Spasms of alto sax meet the outer edge of the record, accompanied by the jingle of a music box and the rattle of metal shards dropping to the floor.
    • The sound of horses stopping and the jingle of the reigns is all she hears.
    • Suddenly he heard the slight jingle of keys in the hallway, followed by footsteps.
    • The jingle of her anklets was matched by the jingle of her laughter.
    • Drake took a tight grip of the man's shoulders, but couldn't stop him from falling onto his side and rolling over onto his back with a metal jingle.
    • It reduces them to the level of a jingle, a word that describes the sound of change in your pocket, which is what your songs become.
    • Janet immediately shot up when she heard the jingle of keys just outside the entrance.
    • There is an occasional cough, the shuffle of a footstep, the jingle of some coins, and the rattle of newspapers.
    • She pushed past him and the bell gave a light jingle once more.
    • His index finger looped through a chain of car keys and he shook it with a jingle over his shoulder.
    • There came a teasing jingle sound and the youth smiled eagerly.
    • All this happened at a time when other High Street retailers have been listening to the satisfying jingles of ringing cash registers.
    • The rhythmic beating of hooves, and jingle of the harness fell into sync with the serenade of the forest.
    Synonyms
    clink, chink, tinkle, jangle, rattle
    tinkle, ring, ding, ping, ting-a-ling, chime
    rare tintinnabulation
  • 2A short slogan, verse, or tune designed to be easily remembered, especially as used in advertising.

    he makes up advertising jingles
    Example sentencesExamples
    • They drive SUVs and talk in advertising jingles.
    • We can sing the jingles of our favorite brands.
    • But I wasn't surprised that the insistent commercial jingles of her childhood remained embedded in her brain.
    • Laurie undergoes a series of trials, trying to find some backbone against his phobias, while singing TV jingles.
    • Luckily, the peddlers of this dangerous message haven't come up with a catchy jingle.
    • But that doesn't make such a catchy jingle, does it, Bob?
    • When the neighborhood children learned of this, they began to make fun of him by singing jingles.
    • After thousands of ad jingles, her voice became known enough to get chances of TV serials.
    • His newscasts are announced by a familiar jingle, and the newsroom is a white antiseptic box.
    • I want a link for the Mr. Machine TV commercial jingle.
    • Ronnie, the bass player, has made a fortune writing advertising jingles.
    • Nowadays on every street corner you cannot escape the irritating jingle of the dreaded ringtone!
    • You can read about the escapade, with annoying advertising jingle here.
    • In their mouths it sounds like an ad jingle.
    • An appropriate gift for the people of Taiwan, a ‘gift that goes on giving’ as the advertising jingle says, would be a true bill of rights.
    • If you remember this radio jingle, well, you're cool.
    • Michael, it turns out, works freelance, as a composer of radio jingles.
    • We sing jingles, eat media recommended food and rely on the media to communicate with our dear ones.
    • He went on to a varied career which included writing jingles and having some success acting.
    • Evil Gazebo could write jingles for products that haven't been marketed yet.
    Synonyms
    slogan, catchline, catchphrase
    ditty, song, rhyme, tune, verse
    chorus, refrain
    limerick, piece of doggerel
    North American tag line
  • 3A bivalve mollusc with a fragile, slightly translucent shell.

    Family Anomidae: Anomia and other genera

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Where space permits, oysters and jingle shells sometimes anchor themselves to the horseshoe crab.
verb ˈdʒɪŋɡ(ə)lˈdʒɪŋɡəl
  • 1Make or cause to make a light metallic ringing sound.

    no object her bracelets were jingling
    with object he jingled the coins in his purse
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Candace walked silently beside us, earrings jingling with each step.
    • Eva stood, flinging her arms up in the air, her bracelets jingling like tiny silver bells.
    • Coins jingled into the dust followed by jewelry, daggers, and knives.
    • Male dancers stomp and leap while waving pieces of cloth and jingling bells.
    • Her ankle bracelets jingle as she paces the Persian carpet.
    • As the bell on the door jingled, Muller looked up from the counter.
    • I felt the coins jingling in my pockets.
    • They walked down to the car that way, Aaron's keys jingling in his pocket.
    • Her looped earrings jingled lightly as she shook her head every so often.
    • The explosives jingled loudly in the night air and the soldier turned in surprise.
    • The group of sleigh bells hung above the door jingled merrily as Wendy and Samantha entered the general store.
    • The door jingled merrily as Maria pushed it open.
    • He sat back in the driver's seat and played with the keys, which jingled lightly.
    • They jingled loudly as she raised them, proceeding to unlock the cell.
    • Coins jingled freely in his pocket as he strolled toward the man and his cart.
    • She flexed her left wrist at Cath, and more bracelets jingled against her black athletic watch.
    • Gold jewelry jingled softly around her neck and wrists.
    • Sophia started to tug the Guard's navy dress coat, lightly jingling the badges on her left breast pocket.
    • She had run out the door with my keys jingling in her hands.
    • Hearing her earrings jingling, I easily pictured her nodding like a lapdog.
    Synonyms
    clink, chink, tinkle, jangle, rattle, clank
    tinkle, ring, ding, ping, go ting-a-ling, chime
    rare tintinnabulate
    1. 1.1no object (of writing) be full of alliteration or rhymes.

Derivatives

  • jingler

  • noun
    • What made them wake up one day and say to their fellow advertising executives, ‘Fire the jinglers and get some of those guys in accounting to take their places?’
  • jingly

  • adjective
    • This book is beautifully presented and tied with a red ribbon complete with jingly bell.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Even crashing incompatibilities, bathos, or undesired jingly phonetic similarities seem not to impinge on their consciousness.
      • I've got the layered dress, the wings, the jingly anklet, everything.
      • I mean, with all this jingly jangly jewel stuff in our pockets, we'd make a lot of noise, even swimming in the moat.
      • The jingly sound it makes brings back some painful memories for the crazy killer.

Origin

Late Middle English: imitative.

Rhymes

commingle, cringle, dingle, Fingal, intermingle, mingle, shingle, single, swingle, tingle
 
 

Definition of jingle in US English:

jingle

nounˈjiNGɡəlˈdʒɪŋɡəl
  • 1in singular A light ringing sound such as that made by metal objects being shaken together.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Spasms of alto sax meet the outer edge of the record, accompanied by the jingle of a music box and the rattle of metal shards dropping to the floor.
    • Janet immediately shot up when she heard the jingle of keys just outside the entrance.
    • She pushed past him and the bell gave a light jingle once more.
    • All this happened at a time when other High Street retailers have been listening to the satisfying jingles of ringing cash registers.
    • The sound of horses stopping and the jingle of the reigns is all she hears.
    • The rhythmic beating of hooves, and jingle of the harness fell into sync with the serenade of the forest.
    • Drake took a tight grip of the man's shoulders, but couldn't stop him from falling onto his side and rolling over onto his back with a metal jingle.
    • There came a teasing jingle sound and the youth smiled eagerly.
    • Abruptly, Adrian heard the sound of a jingle coming from outside his apartment door.
    • It reduces them to the level of a jingle, a word that describes the sound of change in your pocket, which is what your songs become.
    • She found her keys, their familiar jingle rattling her.
    • Suddenly he heard the slight jingle of keys in the hallway, followed by footsteps.
    • The jingle of her anklets was matched by the jingle of her laughter.
    • He opened the glass door to leave, which resulted in a familiar jingle, breaking the persistent silence.
    • Leaning back slightly, he felt the porcelain gun on the inside of his coat, rubbing against his side, and the light jingle of a jar of pills.
    • There is an occasional cough, the shuffle of a footstep, the jingle of some coins, and the rattle of newspapers.
    • I could hear a jingle of keys and the bar doors opening.
    • After a moment, I heard his footsteps fade into a jingle of keys and a hacking cough.
    • His index finger looped through a chain of car keys and he shook it with a jingle over his shoulder.
    • Then he realized it was the jingle of harness as Hoss and Joe pulled back into the yard.
    Synonyms
    clink, chink, tinkle, jangle, rattle
    tinkle, ring, ding, ping, ting-a-ling, chime
  • 2A short slogan, verse, or tune designed to be easily remembered, especially as used in advertising.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • They drive SUVs and talk in advertising jingles.
    • His newscasts are announced by a familiar jingle, and the newsroom is a white antiseptic box.
    • After thousands of ad jingles, her voice became known enough to get chances of TV serials.
    • Evil Gazebo could write jingles for products that haven't been marketed yet.
    • We can sing the jingles of our favorite brands.
    • Michael, it turns out, works freelance, as a composer of radio jingles.
    • I want a link for the Mr. Machine TV commercial jingle.
    • But I wasn't surprised that the insistent commercial jingles of her childhood remained embedded in her brain.
    • Luckily, the peddlers of this dangerous message haven't come up with a catchy jingle.
    • He went on to a varied career which included writing jingles and having some success acting.
    • An appropriate gift for the people of Taiwan, a ‘gift that goes on giving’ as the advertising jingle says, would be a true bill of rights.
    • Nowadays on every street corner you cannot escape the irritating jingle of the dreaded ringtone!
    • We sing jingles, eat media recommended food and rely on the media to communicate with our dear ones.
    • Ronnie, the bass player, has made a fortune writing advertising jingles.
    • You can read about the escapade, with annoying advertising jingle here.
    • Laurie undergoes a series of trials, trying to find some backbone against his phobias, while singing TV jingles.
    • If you remember this radio jingle, well, you're cool.
    • But that doesn't make such a catchy jingle, does it, Bob?
    • When the neighborhood children learned of this, they began to make fun of him by singing jingles.
    • In their mouths it sounds like an ad jingle.
    Synonyms
    slogan, catchline, catchphrase
  • 3A bivalve mollusk with a fragile, slightly translucent shell, the lower valve of which has a hole through which pass byssus threads for anchorage.

    Family Anomidae: Anomia and other genera

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Where space permits, oysters and jingle shells sometimes anchor themselves to the horseshoe crab.
verbˈjiNGɡəlˈdʒɪŋɡəl
  • 1Make or cause to make a light metallic ringing sound.

    no object her bracelets were jingling
    with object he jingled the coins in his pocket
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The explosives jingled loudly in the night air and the soldier turned in surprise.
    • Coins jingled freely in his pocket as he strolled toward the man and his cart.
    • I felt the coins jingling in my pockets.
    • They walked down to the car that way, Aaron's keys jingling in his pocket.
    • Her ankle bracelets jingle as she paces the Persian carpet.
    • As the bell on the door jingled, Muller looked up from the counter.
    • Gold jewelry jingled softly around her neck and wrists.
    • She flexed her left wrist at Cath, and more bracelets jingled against her black athletic watch.
    • Candace walked silently beside us, earrings jingling with each step.
    • He sat back in the driver's seat and played with the keys, which jingled lightly.
    • She had run out the door with my keys jingling in her hands.
    • The group of sleigh bells hung above the door jingled merrily as Wendy and Samantha entered the general store.
    • Sophia started to tug the Guard's navy dress coat, lightly jingling the badges on her left breast pocket.
    • Hearing her earrings jingling, I easily pictured her nodding like a lapdog.
    • They jingled loudly as she raised them, proceeding to unlock the cell.
    • Her looped earrings jingled lightly as she shook her head every so often.
    • Coins jingled into the dust followed by jewelry, daggers, and knives.
    • The door jingled merrily as Maria pushed it open.
    • Male dancers stomp and leap while waving pieces of cloth and jingling bells.
    • Eva stood, flinging her arms up in the air, her bracelets jingling like tiny silver bells.
    Synonyms
    clink, chink, tinkle, jangle, rattle, clank
    tinkle, ring, ding, ping, go ting-a-ling, chime
    1. 1.1no object (of writing) be full of alliteration or rhymes.

Origin

Late Middle English: imitative.

 
 
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