[
UK
/dʒˈɪŋɡəl/
]
[ US /ˈdʒɪŋɡəɫ/ ]
[ US /ˈdʒɪŋɡəɫ/ ]
VERB
-
make a sound typical of metallic objects
The keys were jingling in his pocket
NOUN
-
a metallic sound
the jingle of coins
the jangle of spurs -
a comic verse of irregular measure
he had heard some silly doggerel that kept running through his mind
How To Use jingle In A Sentence
- No one builds a jingle or a slogan or even a brand identity using web advertising.
- A dear little announcerette rattled off expert intros to various gymnastic jingles, one of which featured dogs barking in the background.
- Coins jingled freely in his pocket as he strolled toward the man and his cart.
- Its catchy jingle goes "Stop! Bad Food Britain
- There is an occasional cough, the shuffle of a footstep, the jingle of some coins, and the rattle of newspapers.
- Dombey, exulting in the long – looked – for event, jingled and jingled the heavy gold watch – chain that depended from below his trim blue coat, whereof the buttons sparkled phosphorescently in the feeble rays of the distant fire. Dombey and Son
- Lightly stuff the ball with fiberfill, adding the jingle bell or rattle to the center.
- Only the "scroop" of the runners and jingle of the sleigh-bells seemed to be hammered into the brain, for all eternity. From Paris to New York by Land
- The sound of horses stopping and the jingle of the reigns is all she hears.
- Silence falls as he limps up the the bar - no sound anywhere in the saloon except for the jingle of his gunbelt. Making Light: Open thread 137