Meaning

8 senses
  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.

    звонzvon, звяканиеzvjakanije, бренчаниеbrenčanije

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

    Jingle

    джинглdžingl, заставкаzastavka

  4. A carriage drawn by horses.

  5. (slang)A brief telephone call.

    Give me a jingle when you find out something.

  6. A jingle shell.

  7. (slang, uncountable)Coin money.

  8. (Philippines, slang)Pee, urine.

More definitions
  • a metallic sound
  • a comic verse of irregular measure

Examples

18 sentences
  1. I heard the jingling of keys.

    ruЯ услышал бряцанье ключей.

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  2. Tom's keys jingled in his pocket as he walked down the stairs.

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  3. Can you play Jingle Bells?

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  4. Sami heard someone jingling the door.

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  5. That advertising jingle has since become iconic.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
sound:
short tune or verse:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
short tune or verse:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: jingles
Singularjingle

uncountable

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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