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jangle

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jan⋅gle

  [jang-guhl] verb, -gled, -gling, noun
Use jangle in a Sentence
–verb (used without object)
1. to produce a harsh, discordant sound, as two comparatively small, thin, or hollow pieces of metal hitting together: The charms on her bracelet jangle as she moves.
2. to speak angrily; wrangle.
–verb (used with object)
3. to cause to make a harsh, discordant, usually metallic sound: He jangled the pots and pans.
4. to cause to become irritated or upset: The loud noise of the motors jangled his nerves.
–noun
5. a harsh or discordant sound.
6. an argument, dispute, or quarrel.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME janglen < OF jangler < Gmc; cf. MD jangelen to haggle, whine

Related forms:
jangler, noun
jangly, adjective
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jan·gle   (jāng'gəl)   
v.   jan·gled, jan·gling, jan·gles

v.   intr.
To make a harsh metallic sound: The spurs jangled noisily.
v.   tr.

  1. To cause to make a harsh discordant sound.

  2. To have an irritating effect on: The racket from the street jangled my nerves.

n.  A harsh metallic sound.

[Middle English janglen, to chatter, from Old French jangler, probably of Germanic origin.]
jan'gler n.
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Word Origin & History

jangle 
c.1300, "to talk excessively," from O.Fr. jangler "to chatter" (12c.), perhaps from Frank. *jangelon "to jeer" (cf. M.Du. jangelen "to whine"). Meaning of "make harsh noise" is first recorded 1494.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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