jangle

jangle
    n 1: a metallic sound; "the jingle of coins"; "the jangle of
         spurs" [syn: {jingle}, {jangle}]
    v 1: make a sound typical of metallic objects; "The keys were
         jingling in his pocket" [syn: {jingle}, {jingle-jangle},
         {jangle}]
    

Jangle \Jan"gle\, v. t.
   To cause to sound harshly or inharmoniously; to produce
   discordant sounds with.
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         Like sweet bells jangled, out of tune, and harsh.
                                                  --Shak.
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Jangle \Jan"gle\, n. [Cf. OF. jangle.]
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   1. Idle talk; prate; chatter; babble. --Chaucer.
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   2. Discordant sound; wrangling.
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   3. The unmelodious ringing of multiple metallic objects
      striking together, such as a set of small bells.
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            The musical jangle of sleigh bells.   --Longfellow.
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Jangle \Jan"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Jangled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Jangling}.] [OE. janglen to quarrel, OF. jangler to rail,
   quarrel; of Dutch or German origin; cf. D. jangelen, janken,
   to whimper, chide, brawl, quarrel.]
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   1. To sound harshly or discordantly, as bells out of tune.
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   2. To talk idly; to prate; to babble; to chatter; to gossip.
      "Thou janglest as a jay." --Chaucer.
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   3. To quarrel in words; to altercate; to wrangle.
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            Good wits will be jangling; but, gentles, agree.
                                                  --Shak.
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            Prussian Trenck . . . jargons and jangles in an
            unmelodious manner.                   --Carlyle.
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179 Moby Thesaurus words for "jangle":
      Babel, Bedlam let loose, Discordia, Eris, agree to disagree, babel,
      be at cross-purposes, be at variance, bedlam, belch, blare, blast,
      blat, bobbery, brawl, bray, break, break off, brouhaha, burr, buzz,
      cackle, cacophony, caw, change ringing, charivari, chime, chiming,
      chink, chirm, chirr, clamor, clang, clanging, clangor, clank,
      clanking, clap, clash, clashing, clatter, clink, collide,
      commotion, conflict, contention, contradict, counter, crash,
      craunch, croak, crump, crunch, differ, differ in opinion, din,
      ding, ding-a-ling, dingdong, dinging, dingle, disaccord,
      disaffinity, disagree, discord, discordance, discordancy,
      disharmony, dissent, dissonance, dong, donging, donnybrook,
      drunken brawl, dustup, enmity, flap, fracas, free-for-all,
      friction, gong, grate, grind, groan, growl, grumble, harshness,
      hell broke loose, hit a clinker, hold opposite views, howl, hubbub,
      hue and cry, hullabaloo, incompatibility, incompatibleness,
      inharmoniousness, inharmony, irritate, jangling, jar, jarring,
      jingle, jingle-jangle, jinglejangle, jingling, jostle, knell,
      knelling, loud noise, mere noise, mischief, mismatch, mismate,
      misunderstand one another, negate, noise, noise and shouting,
      noncooperation, not get along, object, open conflict, outcry,
      pandemonium, peal, peal ringing, pealing, pull different ways,
      racket, rasp, rattle, reverberation, rhubarb, ring, ring changes,
      ringing, roar, row, rub, ruckus, ruction, rumble, rumpus, scranch,
      scrape, scratch, scrunch, shindy, shivaree, snarl, snore, sound,
      sound a knell, strained relations, stridor, tension, thunder,
      thunderclap, ting, ting-a-ling, tingle, tingling, tink, tinkle,
      tinkling, tinnitus, tintamarre, tintinnabulate, toll, tolling,
      tumult, twang, unharmoniousness, unpleasantness, unstring, untune,
      uproar, upset, vary