Jingle

//ˈd͡ʒɪŋɡl̩// name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A county of Xinzhou, Shanxi, China.

    "Kao Wen-huan, a member of the Chinglo county CCP core group and commanding general of the Chinglo county revolutionary rebellion general command (former magistrate of Chinglo country), also highly praised representatives of mass organizations he had worked with in the revolutionary "three-way alliance" provisional organ of power for their class awareness and their indomitable revolutionary spirit."

Noun
  1. 1
    The sound of metal or glass clattering against itself.

    "He heard the jingle of her keys in the door and turned off the screen."

  2. 2
    a comic verse of irregular measure wordnet
  3. 3
    A small piece of metal attached to a musical instrument, such as a tambourine, so as to make a jangling sound when the instrument is played.

    "Her tambourine didn't come with any jingles attached."

  4. 4
    a metallic sound wordnet
  5. 5
    A memorable short song, or in some cases a snippet of a popular song with its lyrics modified, used for the purposes of advertising a product or service in a TV or radio commercial.

    "That used-car dealership's jingle has been stuck in my head since we heard that song."

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  1. 6
    A carriage drawn by horses.

    "They drove in a jingle across Cork while it was still early morning and Stephen finished his sleep in a bedroom of the Victoria Hotel."

  2. 7
    A brief telephone call. slang

    "Give me a jingle when you find out something."

  3. 8
    A jingle shell.
  4. 9
    Coin money. slang, uncountable

    "If all you folks who donate your hard-earned jingle to PETA aren't convinced of your ill-advised ways yet, you should probably check this out."

  5. 10
    Pee, urine. Philippines, colloquial
Verb
  1. 1
    To make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself. intransitive

    "The beads jingled as she walked."

  2. 2
    make a sound typical of metallic objects wordnet
  3. 3
    To cause to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself. transitive

    "She jingled the beads as she walked."

  4. 4
    To rhyme or sound with a jingling effect. dated, intransitive

    "jingling street ballads"

  5. 5
    To pee, to urinate. Philippines, colloquial

Etymology

Etymology 1

The verb, which is older than the noun, is from Middle English gyngle. Onomatopoeic; compare jangle.

Etymology 2

The verb, which is older than the noun, is from Middle English gyngle. Onomatopoeic; compare jangle.

Etymology 3

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 靜樂/静乐.

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