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jingle definition

jin·gle (jiŋ′gəl)

intransitive verb jingled -·gled, jingling -·gling

  1. to make a succession of light, ringing sounds, as small bells or bits of metal striking together; tinkle
  2. to have obvious, easy rhythm, simple repetitions of sound, etc., as some poetry and music

Etymology: ME gingelen, prob. echoic

transitive verb

to cause to jingle

noun

  1. a jingling sound
  2. a verse that jingles; jingling arrangement of words a writer of advertising jingles

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jingle Synonyms

jingle

n.

  1. A light ringing sound

    tinkle, jangle, clank; see noise 1.

  2. A catchy verse or tune

    ditty, chant, rhyme, doggerel; see song, verse 1.


jingle

v.

tinkle, clink, rattle; see ring 3, sound 1.


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jingle Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • sing: Claims in sung jingles should be substantiated in the same way as those using the spoken word.

Adjective modifier

  • catchy: These lyrics are often made into catchy musical jingles.

Modifies a noun

  • bell: Pick up D from happy home club: to piano: jingle bells.

Noun used with modifier

  • advertising: In 1955, commercial TV was launched and the new advertising jingles and slogans gradually became part of the culture.

Preposition: of

  • bell: The jingle of sleigh bells has been drowned out by the ringing off the cash tills.
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jingle quotes

   Gentleness, docility, and a spaniel-like affection are, on this ground, consistently recommended as the cardinal virtues of the sex; and, disregarding the arbitrary economy of nature, one writer has declared that it is masculine for a woman to be melancholy. She was created to be the toy of man, his rattle, and it must jingle in his ears, whenever, dismissing reason, he chooses to be amused.

-Wollstonecraft, Mary also known as Mrs Godwin

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