What does "jangle" mean?
Jangle: To talk idly; to prate; to babble; to chatter; to gossip. "Thou janglest as a jay." Chaucer.
Additional senses
- 2.To quarrel in words; to altercate; to wrangle. Good wits will be jangling; but, gentles, agree. Shak. Prussian Trenck . . . jargons and jangles in an unmelodious manner. Carlyle.
- 3.To cause to sound harshly or inharmoniously; to produce discordant sounds with. Like sweet bells jangled, out of tune, and harsh. Shak.
- 4.Idle talk; prate; chatter; babble. Chaucer.
- 5.Discordant sound; wrangling. The musical jangle of sleigh bells. Longfellow.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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