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. — Wezel

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

  3. Can you play Jingle Bells?

  4. Sami heard someone jingling the door.

  5. That advertising jingle has since become iconic.

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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