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jangle
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 13c., "gossip, slanderous conversation, dispute," from Old French jangle , from jangler (see jangle (v.)). Meaning "discordant sound" is from 1795.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Jangle may refer to: JangleBox , a compression/sustain guitar effects pedal Jangletown , a comic collection also known as The Further Adventures of The Joker Jangle Leg , a character from the 1999 film Life Jangle pop , a subgenre of alternative rock
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Jangle \Jan"gle\, v. t. To cause to sound harshly or inharmoniously; to produce discordant sounds with. Like sweet bells jangled, out of tune, and harsh. --Shak.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A rattling metallic sound. 2 (context obsolete English) Idle talk; prate; chatter; babble. vb. 1 (context intransitive English) To make a rattling metallic sound. 2 (context transitive English) To cause something to make a rattling metallic sound. ...
Usage examples of jangle.
The man was too awkward aiming, but he went instantly graceful when Rambo shot him, smoothly clutching his right shoulder, spinning easily, toppling perfectly over the bicycle next to the tool shed, and then he was awkward again as the bicycle gave way under him and the two jumbled to the ground in a tinny jangle of chain and spokes.
She walked slowly away from the bank of phones, turned into a video garden where the heavy music warred with the arrhythmic beep and jangle of game consoles.
Commander Arris heard the clear jangle of the radar net alarm as he was dreaming about a fish.
Rawnie coughed again, her body shaking, her bangles tinkling and jangling.
She looked longingly at the soda-can atrocity on my wrist, all curling jangles of some lightweight alloy bendable as warm wax.
Skeeter came down the corridor, jangling keys, followed by the night man, who had a pistol in his Booc THEE: Tucker Watts 393 hand.
The werewolf jangled some coins in his pocket, and Cyd had to admit the offer of payment was tempting.
About half-past three the telephone upon the desk began to ring, jangling the hospital silence with its ominous and insistent clangour, but the big burly figure of the man did not stir, he made no move to answer.
Marlowe, with his nervous system jangling, was sorely tempted to remove it with a blast of self-propelled 10mms.
Seconds after he intersected the rutted tracks, he heard footsteps running toward him, coins jangling in a pocket.
A few more minutes passed, and then a young policeman with rimless spectacles came down the corridor jangling a bunch of keys.
There were echoes of talking, of bolts being opened and closed, the jangling of chains and keys.
Through the porthole he could see the jangling racket of blood pumps and oxygen pumps and hear the uproar of the motion Gully Foyle made toward him.
Manatassi watched him, noticing the quick nervous birdlike movements of head and hands that set the golden earrings jangling and the thick black plaits of hair dangling down his back.
Hulya, he remembered the slave smell, the sound and kiss of the lash, the jangling weight of the chains, the searing heat of the rock, the voices of the slave-masters, the thousand other memories burned and branded into his brain.