"Jingle Bells," a popular song around Christmas time, is not really a Christmas song. The lyrics say nothing about Christmas.
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Jingle
//ˈd͡ʒɪŋɡl̩//
Synonyms for "jingle" (232 found)
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Strong matches (69)
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Verb(2 words)
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1 entriesTranslations
82 translations across 28 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- дрънчене noun (sound)
- дрънча verb (to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself)
- звънтя verb (to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself)
Catalan
2 entries- sintonia noun (short tune or verse)
- sonall noun (small piece of metal attached to a musical instrument)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 靜樂 /静乐 name (county)
Czech
4 entries- cinkot noun (sound)
- cinkání noun (sound)
- džingl noun (short tune or verse)
- znělka noun (short tune or verse)
Danish
2 entries- klirre verb (to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself)
- klirre verb (to cause to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself)
Dutch
2 entries- geklingel noun (sound)
- gerinkel noun (sound)
Esperanto
2 entries- ĵinglo noun (sound)
- ĵinglo noun (short tune or verse)
Finnish
4 entries- helinä noun (sound)
- jinkku noun (short tune or verse)
- kiesit noun (carriage)
- kilinä noun (sound)
Galician
4 entries- ferreña noun (small piece of metal attached to a musical instrument)
- tringueleo noun (sound)
- repenicar verb (to cause to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself)
- tringuelear verb (to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself)
Georgian
4 entries- ჟღარუნი verb (to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself)
- ჟღარუნი verb (to cause to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself)
- ჩხარუნი verb (to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself)
- ჩხარუნი verb (to cause to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself)
German
1 entries- Jingle noun (short tune or verse)
Hebrew
1 entries- זמריר noun (short tune or verse)
Hungarian
1 entries- csilingel verb (to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself)
Ingrian
3 entries- kilinä noun (sound)
- kilissä verb (to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself)
- trilissä verb (to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself)
Italian
3 entries- motivetto noun (short tune or verse)
- sonaglio noun (small piece of metal attached to a musical instrument)
- tintinnio noun (sound)
Japanese
1 entries- ジングル noun (short tune or verse)
Khiamniungan Naga
1 entries- tīngtīng noun (sound)
Korean
1 entries- 징글 noun (short tune or verse)
Lithuanian
1 entries- dzingsėti verb (to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself)
Māori
2 entries- ruri noun (short tune or verse)
- patatō verb (to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself)
Portuguese
1 entries- jingle noun (short tune or verse)
Russian
4 entries- бренчание noun (sound)
- джингл noun (short tune or verse)
- заставка noun (short tune or verse)
- звон noun (sound)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- džìngl noun (short tune or verse)
- kočija noun (carriage)
- zveckanje noun (sound)
- zvȅkēt noun (sound)
Spanish
4 entries- cancioncilla noun (short tune or verse)
- retintín noun (sound)
- sintonía noun (short tune or verse)
- tintineo noun (sound)
Swedish
3 entries- jingel noun (short tune or verse)
- klinga verb (to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself)
- klinga med verb (to cause to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself)
Tagalog
1 entries- kalasing noun (sound)
Turkish
1 entries- şıngırtı noun (sound)
Vietnamese
2 entries- leng keng noun (sound)
- xủng xoảng noun (sound)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
Give me a jingle when you have a chance.
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I shake the money box to hear it jingle.
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Can you play Jingle Bells?
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