jingle

Definitions

1. 1.To rhyme or sound with a jingling effect. "Jingling street ballads." Macaulay.
2. 2.To cause to give a sharp metallic sound as a little bell, or as coins shaken together; to tinkle. The bells she jingled, and the whistle blew. Pope.
3. 3.A rattling, clinking, or tinkling sound, as of little bells or pieces of metal.
4. 4.That which makes a jingling sound, as a rattle. If you plant where savages are, do not only entertain them with trifles and jingles,but use them justly. Bacon.
5. 5.A correspondence of sound in rhymes, especially when the verse has little merit; hence, the verse itself." The least jingle of verse." Guardian. Jingle shell. See Gold shell (b), under Gold.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is to rhyme or sound with a jingling effect. "Jingling street ballads." Macaulay called?
• What is to cause to give a sharp metallic sound as a little bell, or as coins shaken together; to tinkle. The bells she jingled, and the whistle blew. Pope called?
• What is a rattling, clinking, or tinkling sound, as of little bells or pieces of metal called?
• What is that which makes a jingling sound, as a rattle. If you plant where savages are, do not only entertain them with trifles and jingles,but use them justly. Bacon called?
• What is a correspondence of sound in rhymes, especially when the verse has little merit; hence, the verse itself." The least jingle of verse." Guardian. Jingle shell. See Gold shell (b), under Gold called?