[jing-guh
l] 
verb, -gled, -gling, noun | 1. | to make clinking or tinkling sounds, as do coins, keys, or other light, resonant metal objects when coming into contact or being struck together repeatedly: The keys on his belt jingled as he walked. |
| 2. | to move or proceed with such sounds: The sleigh, decorated with bells, jingled along the snowy road. |
| 3. | to sound in a light, repetitious manner suggestive of this, as verse, a sequence of words, or piece of music. |
| 4. | to make rhymes. |
| 5. | to cause to jingle: He jingled the coins in his pocket. |
| 6. | a tinkling or clinking sound, as of small bells or of small pieces of resonant metal repeatedly struck one against another. |
| 7. | something that makes such a sound, as a small bell or a metal pendant. |
| 8. | a catchy succession of like or repetitious sounds, as in music or verse. |
| 9. | a piece of verse or a short song having such a catchy succession of sounds, usually of a light or humorous character: an advertising jingle. |
| 10. | Irish English and Australian. a loosely sprung, two-wheeled, roofed carriage, usually used as a hackney coach. |
| jin·gle (jĭng'gəl) v. jin·gled, jin·gling, jin·gles v. intr.
To cause to make a tinkling or ringing metallic sound. n.
[Middle English ginglen, of imitative origin.] jin'gly adj. |
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