jingle

• gingle (obsolete)

The verb, which is older than the noun, is from Middle English gyngle. Onomatopoeic; compare jangle.[1]

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɪŋɡl̩/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɪŋɡ(ə)l/

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• Rhymes: -ɪŋɡəl
• Hyphenation: jing‧le

jingle (plural jingles)

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. (music) 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. (broadcasting, advertising, music) 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.

   Coordinate terms: clock chime, theme music

   That used-car dealership's jingle has been stuck in my head since we heard that song.

   • 2012 June 3, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Mr. Plow” (season 4, episode 9; originally aired 11/19/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎:

     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.”

4. A carriage drawn by horses.
   • 1916, James Joyce, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Macmillan Press Ltd, page 85:

     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.

   Synonyms: bell, ring, tinkle

   Give me a jingle when you find out something.

6. A jingle shell.
7. (slang, uncountable) Coin money.
   • 2004, “P.E.T.A.”, in Penn & Teller: Bullshit!, season 2, episode 1:

     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, colloquial) Pee, urine.

jingle (third-person singular simple present jingles, present participle jingling, simple past and past participle jingled)

1. (intransitive) To make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself.

   The beads jingled as she walked.

   • 1922 February, James Joyce, “[IV]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 54:

     He heard then a warm heavy sigh, softer, as she turned over and the loose brass quoits of the bedstead jingled. Must get those settled really.

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.
   • 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 15, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volumes (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:

     jingling street ballads

4. (Philippines, colloquial) To pee, to urinate.

• ajingle
• jingly

• jangle

• clink
• rattle

Borrowed from English jingle.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɪŋ.ɡəl/

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• Hyphenation: jin‧gle

jingle m (plural jingles, diminutive jingletje n)

1. A jingle (song segment used in a commercial or radio program; also used for certain other sound samples used by radio DJs).

Borrowed from English jingle.

• IPA^(key): /dʒiŋɡl/

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jingle m (plural jingles)

1. jingle (tune)

   C’est l’heure d’envoyer le jingle.

   It's time to play the jingle.

• “jingle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Unadapted borrowing from English jingle.

jingle m (plural jingles)

1. (advertising) jingle (short, memorable song used in an advertisement)

jingle m (plural jingles)

1. jingle