v., -gled, -gling, -gles.

v.intr.

1. To make a tinkling or ringing metallic sound.
2. To have the catchy sound of a simple, repetitious rhyme or doggerel.

v.tr.

To cause to make a tinkling or ringing metallic sound.

n.

1. The sound produced by or as if by bits of metal striking together.
2. A piece of light singsong verse or rhyme.
3. A catchy, often musical advertising slogan.

[Middle English ginglen, of imitative origin.]

jingly jin'gly adj.

Catchy repetitious sounds or words used in rhyming fashion and usually set to music to form a simple musical verse, which is featured in a commercial and used in conjunction with other advertising for a product.

A cluster of small bells, such as sleigh bells, arranged on a strap or a loop of wire or a wooden handle; it is also applied to the small metal discs in the frame of a tambourine.

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jingle, a brief set of verses with strong, repetitive rhythm and emphatic rhymes, usually similar to a nursery rhyme in being memorable but nonsensical (e.g. ‘With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino’). Jingles are now used in radio and TV advertisements, but the term was used before the rise of broadcasting to refer, usually unfavourably, to poems—like those of Edgar Allan Poe—that sacrifice meaning to showy effects of sound. See also nonsense verse.

A short poem marked by catchy repetition.

IN BRIEF: A light, metallic tinkling sound.

Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way. — James Pierpont.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - remse, vers, rim, klirren, ringlen
v. intr. - have effektfuld rytme, klirre, ringle, klinge
v. tr. - klirre, ringle, klinge

Nederlands (Dutch)
rinkelen, gerinkel, rijmelarij, herkennings- melodietje

Français (French)
n. - tintement, cliquetis, (fig) petit couplet, couplet publicitaire
v. intr. - tinter, cliqueter, faire des rimes, rimer (avec)
v. tr. - faire tinter, faire sonner

Deutsch (German)
n. - Klingeln, Klirren, (Werbe)spruch
v. - klingeln, klimpern

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - κουδουνίζω, καμπανίζω
n. - κουδούνισμα, καμπάνισμα

Italiano (Italian)
tintinnare, comporre filastrocche, tintinnio, filastrocca

Português (Portuguese)
v. - tinir, rimar e ter ritmo repetitivo e constante
n. - tinido (m), música (f) simples e contagiosa, propaganda (f)

Русский (Russian)
звон, телефонный звонок, созвучие, стишки, звенеть, рекламная песенка, заниматься рифмоплетством

Español (Spanish)
n. - tintineo, cascabeleo, rima infantil, anuncio comercial cantado, copla, estribillo, cascabel
v. intr. - tintinear, campanillear, cascabelear, sonar como campanillas, rimar
v. tr. - hacer sonar o tintinear

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - klinga, pingla, skramla, klirra, klinga med, pingla med, skramla med, klirra med
n. - klingande, pinglande, skrammel, klirr

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
叮当声, 发出叮当声, 重复同一韵, 作音韵铿锵的诗, 使发出叮当声

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 叮噹聲
v. intr. - 發出叮噹聲, 重復同一韻, 作音韻鏗鏘的詩
v. tr. - 使發出叮噹聲

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 딸랑 거리는 소리, 이륜 포장마차, 같은 음의 반복
v. intr. - 딸랑 딸랑 울리다, 운이 맞춰져 있다
v. tr. - 딸랑 딸랑 울리다, 운을 맞추다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - リンリン鳴る音
v. - リンリン鳴る, 調子よく響く

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) جلجل, خشخش, يخشخش (الاسم) جلجله, خشخشه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮צלצול, נקישה, שיר, חרוזים, ג'ינגל, שיר קצר המשמש לפרסומת‬
v. intr. - ‮השמיע קול צלצול מתכתי, התקדם תוך כדי השמעת קרקוש פעמונים מתכתי, חזר על שירה, רצף מלים, או קטע מוסיקלי, חרז חרוזים‬
v. tr. - ‮צלצל, קשקש‬

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