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jingle¹

  • /ˈd͡ʒɪŋɡl̩/ UK
  • /ˈd͡ʒɪŋɡ(ə)l/ US

Rhymes with -ɪŋɡəl

Where it comes from

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

noun jingles · gingle

  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.
  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 verse, or in some cases a snippet of a popular song with its lyrics modified, often 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.
  4. A carriage drawn by horses. They drove in a jingle across Cork while it was still early morning and Stephen finished his sleep in a bedroom of the Victoria Hotel.
  5. slang A brief telephone call. Give me a jingle when you find out something.

    Similar: bell, ring, tinkle

  6. A jingle shell.
  7. slang, uncountable Coin money. If all you folks who donate your hard-earned jingle to PETA aren't convinced of your ill-advised ways yet, you should probably check this out.
  8. Philippines, slang Pee, urine.

verb jingles · jingling · jingled · gingle

  1. intransitive To make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself. The beads jingled as she walked.
  2. transitive To cause to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself. She jingled the beads as she walked.
  3. dated, intransitive To rhyme or sound with a jingling effect. jingling street ballads
  4. Philippines, colloquial To pee, to urinate.

Jingle²

  • /ˌd͡ʒɪŋˈlʌ/
  • /ˌd͡ʒɪŋˈlɛ/

Rhymes with -ʌ

Where it comes from

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 靜樂／静乐.

proper noun Ching-le

  1. A county of Xinzhou, Shanxi, China. Kao Wen-huan, a member of the Chinglo county CCP core group and commanding general of the Chinglo county revolutionary rebellion general command (former magistrate of Chinglo country), also highly praised representatives of mass organizations he had worked with in the revolutionary "three-way allian

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: jangle, doggerel, doggerel verse, jinglejangle, tinkle, ditty, pub, father, dad, bells, gingle, jingle-jangle, clink, clinking, clattering, jangling

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noun sound

Españoltintineo, retintín
Italianotintinnio
Русскийзвон zvon, звякание zvjakanije, бренчание brenčanije
Tiếng Việtleng keng, xủng xoảng

noun small piece of metal attached to a musical instrument

Italianosonaglio

noun short tune or verse

Españolsintonía, cancioncilla
한국어징글 jinggeul
日本語ジングル jinguru
中文叮噹 /叮当 dīngdāng
Portuguêsjingle
Françaissonal
DeutschJingle
Italianomotivetto
Русскийджингл džingl, заставка zastavka
עבריתזמריר

verb to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself

Русскийбренча́ть brenčátʹ, звене́ть zvenétʹ, дребезжа́ть drebezžátʹ, звякать zvjakatʹ

verb to cause to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself

Русскийзвя́кать zvjákatʹ, звони́ть zvonítʹ, бря́цать brjácatʹ

name county

中文靜樂 /静乐

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@misc{jingle_2026,
  title = {jingle},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jingle},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}