jingle (n.)

  1. a metallic sound; the jingle of coins; the jangle of spurs

    [ Syn: jangle ]

  2. a comic verse of irregular measure; he had heard some silly doggerel that kept running through his mind

    [ Syn: doggerel , doggerel verse ]

    jingle (v.)

  1. make a sound typical of metallic objects; The keys were jingling in his pocket

    [ Syn: jingle-jangle , jangle ]

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