Jingle

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdʒɪŋɡəl/
• Rhymes: -ɪŋɡəl

Origin

(onomatopoeia); compare jangle.

Full definition of jingle

Noun

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 short tune or verse, especially one used to advertise something.
• 2012, June 3, Nathan Rabin, TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Mr. Plow” (season 4, episode 9; originally aired 11/19/1992), The best of friends become the worst of enemies when Barney makes a hilarious attack ad where he viciously pummels a cardboard cut-out of Homer before special guest star Linda Ronstadt joins the fun to both continue the attack on the helpless Homer stand-in and croon a slanderously accurate, insanely catchy jingle about how “Mr. Plow is a loser/And I think he is a boozer.”
3. A carriage drawn by horses.
• 1916, w, w:Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, 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.

Verb

1. To make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself.The beads jingled as she walked.
2. To cause to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself.She jingled the beads as she walked.
3. (dated) To rhyme or sound with a jingling effect.
• MacaulayJingling street ballads.

Derived terms

• jingle bell

Related terms

• jangle