jingle

See also: Jingle

English

Alternative forms

• gingle (obsolete)

Etymology

Onomatopoeic; compare jangle.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɪŋɡl̩/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɪŋɡ(ə)l/

• Audio (GA)

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• Rhymes: -ɪŋɡəl
• Hyphenation: jing‧le

Noun

jingle (plural jingles)

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. (music) 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. (broadcasting, advertising) 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.

   Coordinate terms: clock chime, theme music

   That used-car dealership's jingle has been stuck in my head since we heard that song.

   • 2012 June 3, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Mr. Plow” (season 4, episode 9; originally aired 11/19/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[1]:

     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. A carriage drawn by horses.
   • 1916, James Joyce, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Macmillan Press Ltd, page 85:

     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. (slang) A brief phone call; a ring.

   Give me a jingle when you find out something.

6. A jingle shell.
7. (slang, uncountable) Coin money.
   • 2004, “P.E.T.A.”, in Penn & Teller: Bullshit!, season 2, episode 1:

     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.

Derived terms

• jingle bell

Translations

sound

• Bulgarian: дрънчене (bg) n (drǎnčene)
• Czech: cinkání n, cinkot m
• Dutch: gerinkel (nl), geklingel (nl)
• Esperanto: ĵinglo
• Finnish: kilinä (fi), helinä (fi)
• Italian: tintinnio (it) m
• Russian: звон (ru) m (zvon), звякание (ru) n (zvjakanije), бренчание (ru) n (brenčanije)
• Serbo-Croatian: zvȅkēt (sh) m, zveckanje
• Spanish: tintineo (es) m, retintín (es) m
• Turkish: şıngırtı (tr)
• Vietnamese: leng keng (vi) (of small bells), xủng xoảng (of coins)

small piece of metal attached to a musical instrument

• Catalan: sonall m
• Galician: ferreña f
• Italian: sonaglio (it) m

short tune or verse

• Catalan: sintonia (ca) f
• Czech: znělka (cs) f, džingl m
• Esperanto: ĵinglo
• Finnish: mainossävel, ralli (fi), laulelma, jinkku, luritus (fi)
• German: Jingle (de) m
• Hebrew: זמריר‎ (he) m
• Italian: motivetto m
• Maori: ruri
• Portuguese: jingle (pt) m
• Serbo-Croatian: džìngl (sh) m
• Spanish: sintonía (es) f
• Swedish: jingel (sv) c

carriage

• Finnish: kiesit (fi), kuomukiesit
• Serbo-Croatian: kočija (sh)

Verb

jingle (third-person singular simple present jingles, present participle jingling, simple past and past participle jingled)

1. (intransitive) To make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself.

   The beads jingled as she walked.

   • 1922 February, James Joyce, “[IV]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], OCLC 560090630, part II [Odyssey], page 54:

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

   She jingled the beads as she walked.

3. (dated, intransitive) To rhyme or sound with a jingling effect.
   • 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 15, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, OCLC 1069526323:

     jingling street ballads

Derived terms

• ajingle
• jingly

Related terms

• jangle

Translations

to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself

• Bulgarian: дрънча (bg) (drǎnča), звънтя (bg) (zvǎntja)
• Finnish: kilistä (fi), helistä (fi)
• Georgian: წკარუნი (c̣ḳaruni), ჟღარუნი (žɣaruni), ჩხარუნი (čxaruni)
• Hungarian: csilingel (hu)
• Maori: patatō
• Russian: бренча́ть (ru) impf (brenčátʹ), звене́ть (ru) impf (zvenétʹ), дребезжа́ть (ru) impf (drebezžátʹ), звякать (ru) impf (zvjakatʹ)
• Swedish: klinga (sv)

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

• Finnish: kilistää (fi), helistää (fi)
• Georgian: წკარუნი (c̣ḳaruni), ჟღარუნი (žɣaruni), ჩხარუნი (čxaruni)
• Russian: звя́кать (ru) impf (zvjákatʹ), звони́ть (ru) impf (zvonítʹ), бря́цать (ru) impf (brjácatʹ)
• Swedish: klinga med

See also

• clink
• rattle

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English jingle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɪŋ.ɡəl/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: jin‧gle

Noun

jingle m (plural jingles, diminutive jingletje n)

1. A jingle (song segment used in a commercial or radio program; also used for certain other sound samples used by radio DJs).

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French

Etymology

From English jingle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʒiŋɡl/

Noun

jingle m (plural jingles)

1. jingle (tune)

   C'est l'heure d'envoyer le jingle.

Further reading

• “jingle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English jingle.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒĩ.ɡow/ [ˈd͡ʒĩ.ɡoʊ̯]

Noun

jingle m (plural jingles)

1. (advertising) jingle (short, memorable song used in an advertisement)

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Spanish

Noun

jingle m (plural jingles)

1. jingle