Dictionary

jingle en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈd͡ʒɪŋɡl̩/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (General-American) audio
• /ˈd͡ʒɪŋɡ(ə)l/ (General-American)

Etymology

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

Meanings

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 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.
   • That used-car dealership's jingle has been stuck in my head since we heard that song.
   • 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.” 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):
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. 1916, James Joyce, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Macmillan Press Ltd, page 85:
5. (slang) A brief telephone call.
   • Give me a jingle when you find out something.
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. 2004, “P.E.T.A.”, in Penn & Teller: Bullshit!, season 2, episode 1:
8. (Philippines, slang) Pee, urine.

Forms

Coordinates

theme music · clock chime

Deriveds

jingling Johnny · jingle-jangle · jingle mail · crambo-jingle · give someone a jingle · jingle-brains · jingle bell

Synonyms

tinkle · ring · bell

Translations (53)

fi luritus (short tune or verse) · fi helinä (sound) · eo ĵinglo (short tune or verse) · tl kalasing (sound) · fi jinkku (short tune or verse) · it tintinnio (sound) · cs znělka (short tune or verse) · es cancioncilla (short tune or verse) · de Jingle (short tune or verse) · fr sonal (short tune or verse) · es sintonía (short tune or verse) · he זמריר (short tune or verse) · fi mainossävel (short tune or verse) · kix tīngtīng (sound) · fi kiesit (carriage) · gl tringueleo (sound) · ca sonall (small piece of metal attached to a musical instrument) · fi laulelma (short tune or verse) · ca sintonia (short tune or verse) · ru джингл (short tune or verse) · eo ĵinglo (sound) · mi ruri (short tune or verse) · bg дрънчене (sound) · cs cinkání (sound) · es tintineo (sound) · fi kilinä (sound) · sh zvȅkēt (sound) · sh kočija (carriage) · gl ferreña (small piece of metal attached to a musical instrument) · cs džingl (short tune or verse) · ja ジングル (short tune or verse) · cs cinkot (sound) · sh zveckanje (sound) · nl gerinkel (sound) · ru бренчание (sound) · pt jingle (short tune or verse) · vi xủng xoảng (sound) · fi kuomukiesit (carriage) · tr şıngırtı (sound) · vi leng keng (sound) · ru звякание (sound) · sh džìngl (short tune or verse) · ru звон (sound) · izh kilinä (sound) · nl geklingel (sound) · ko 징글 (short tune or verse) · sv jingel (short tune or verse) · it sonaglio (small piece of metal attached to a musical instrument) · it motivetto (short tune or verse) · cmn 叮噹 /叮当 (short tune or verse) · ru заставка (short tune or verse) · fi ralli (short tune or verse) · es retintín (sound)

jingle en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈd͡ʒɪŋɡl̩/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (General-American) audio
• /ˈd͡ʒɪŋɡ(ə)l/ (General-American)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself.
   • 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. 1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[IV]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 54:
   • I / Perceive 'tis an advantage for a man to vvear ſpurres, / The rovvell of Knight-hood does gingle in the eare of their / Vnderſtanding. 1632, Iames Shirley [i.e., James Shirley], Changes: Or, Love in a Maze. A Comedie, […], London: […] G. P. for William Cooke, […], →OCLC, Act I, page 3:
   • 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 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XV, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
4. (Philippines, colloquial) To pee, to urinate.

Forms

Deriveds

jinglingly · jingler · jinglet · ajingle · jingly · jinglesome

Relateds

jangle · clink · rattle

Translations (30)

ka ჩხარუნი (to cause to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself) · hu csilingel (to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself) · bg дрънча (to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself) · ru звони́ть (to cause to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself) · izh kilissä (to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself) · ru звене́ть (to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself) · fi kilistää (to cause to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself) · gl tringuelear (to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself) · ka ჟღარუნი (to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself) · lt dzingsėti (to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself) · fi helistä (to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself) · fi helistää (to cause to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself) · sv klinga (to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself) · ka წკარუნი (to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself) · ru бренча́ть (to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself) · bg звънтя (to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself) · ru звякать (to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself) · ka ჩხარუნი (to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself) · ru дребезжа́ть (to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself) · sv klinga med (to cause to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself) · fi kilistä (to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself) · gl repenicar (to cause to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself) · izh trilissä (to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself) · ka ჟღარუნი (to cause to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself) · mi patatō (to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself) · ka წკარუნი (to cause to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself) · ru звя́кать (to cause to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself) · da klirre (to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself) · da klirre (to cause to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself) · ru бря́цать (to cause to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself)