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Noun: jingle  jing-gul
  1. A metallic sound
    "the jingle of coins";
    - jangle
     
  2. A comic verse of irregular measure
    "he had heard some silly jingle that kept running through his mind";
    - doggerel, doggerel verse, doggrel
Verb: jingle  jing-gul
  1. Make a sound typical of metallic objects
    "The keys were jingling in his pocket";
    - jingle-jangle, jangle

Derived forms: jingles, jingling, jingled

Type of: make noise, noise, resound, rhyme, sound, verse

Encyclopedia: Jingle