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Jangle

Jangle Meaning & Definition
Jangle Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Jangle?

[n] a metallic sound; "the jingle of coins"; "the jangle of spurs"
[v] as of metallic objects; "The keys were jingling in his pocket"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Jangle: jingle | jingle | jinglejangle

Related Terms | Find terms related to Jangle: agree to disagree | Babel | be at cross-purposes | be at variance | bedlam | Bedlam let loose | belch | blare | blast | blat | bobbery | brawl | bray | break | break off | brouhaha | burr | buzz | cackle | cacophony | caw | change ringing | charivari | chime | chiming | chink | chirm | chirr | clamor | clang | clanging | clangor | clank | clanking | clap | clash | clashing | clatter | clink | collide | commotion | conflict | contention | contradict | counter | crash | craunch | croak | crump | crunch | differ | differ in opinion | din | ding | ding-a-ling | dingdong | dinging | dingle | disaccord | disaffinity | disagree | discord | discordance | discordancy | Discordia | disharmony | dissent | dissonance | dong | donging | donnybrook | drunken brawl | dustup | enmity | Eris | flap | fracas | free-for-all | friction | gong | grate | grind | groan | growl | grumble | harshness | hell broke loose | hit a clinker | hold opposite views | howl | hubbub | hue and cry | hullabaloo | incompatibility | incompatibleness | inharmoniousness | inharmony | irritate | jangling | jar | jarring | jingle | jinglejangle | jingle-jangle | jingling | jostle | knell | knelling | loud noise | mere noise | mischief | mismatch | mismate | misunderstand one another | negate | noise | noise and shouting | noncooperation | not get along | object | open conflict | outcry | pandemonium | peal | peal ringing | pealing | pull different ways | racket | rasp | rattle | reverberation | rhubarb | ring | ring changes | ringing | roar | row | rub | ruckus | ruction | rumble | rumpus | scranch | scrape | scratch | scrunch | shindy | shivaree | snarl | snore | sound | sound a knell | strained relations | stridor | tension | thunder | thunderclap | ting | ting-a-ling | tingle | tingling | tink | tinkle | tinkling | tinnitus | tintamarre | tintinnabulate | toll | tolling | tumult | twang | unharmoniousness | unpleasantness | unstring | untune | uproar | upset | vary

See Also | make noise | noise | resound | sound

Jangle In Webster's Dictionary

\Jan"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Jangled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Jangling}.] [OE. janglen to quarrel, OF. jangler to rail, quarrel; of Dutch or German origin; cf. D. jangelen, janken, to whimper, chide, brawl, quarrel.] 1. To sound harshly or discordantly, as bells out of tune. 2. To talk idly; to prate; to babble; to chatter; to gossip. ``Thou janglest as a jay.'' --Chaucer. 3. To quarrel in words; to altercate; to wrangle. Good wits will be jangling; but, gentles, agree. --Shak. Prussian Trenck . . . jargons and jangles in an unmelodious manner. --Carlyle.
\Jan"gle\, v. t. To cause to sound harshly or inharmoniously; to produce discordant sounds with. Like sweet bells jangled, out of tune, and harsh. --Shak.
\Jan"gle\, n. [Cf. OF. jangle.] 1. Idle talk; prate; chatter; babble. --Chaucer. 2. Discordant sound; wrangling. The musical jangle of sleigh bells. --Longfellow.

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