jingle

noun

1. 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. 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. 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.”

4. 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. 5

   slangA brief telephone call.

   Give me a jingle when you find out something.

6. 6

   A jingle shell.

7. 7

   slangCoin 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. 8

   slangPee, urine.

verb

1. 1

   To make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself.

   The beads jingled as she walked.

   I / Perceive 'tis an advantage for a man to vvear ſpurres, / The rovvell of Knight-hood does gingle in the eare of their / Vnderſtanding.

   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. 2

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

   She jingled the beads as she walked.

3. 3

   datedTo rhyme or sound with a jingling effect.

   jingling street ballads

4. 4

   To pee, to urinate.

Forms

plural

jingles

past tense

jingled

past participle

jingled

present participle

jingling

third person singular

jingles