Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A continued ringing; a lively noise of bells, or the like clinking.
- noun A game in which the players are blindfolded and try to catch one, called the ‘jingler,’ who is not blindfolded and who jingles a bell to attract their attention and, if skilful, to divert it. Also called
jingling-match .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act or process of producing a jingle; also, the sound itself; a chink.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
jingle , the sounds of a jingle. - verb Present participle of
jingle .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having a series of high-pitched ringing sounds like many small bells
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Examples
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Can the coins jingling in your pocket trace your movements?
OpEdNews - Quicklink: That Jingle Jangle Jingle in Your Pocket Can Tell Tales 2007
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Can the coins jingling in your pocket trace your movements?
Posthuman Blues Mac 2007
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Can the coins jingling in your pocket trace your movements?
OpEdNews - Quicklink: That Jingle Jangle Jingle in Your Pocket Can Tell Tales 2007
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"Yes, Master, " she said, and then, turning about, stumbling and crying, the bell of the Coin Girl sounding, the coins jingling in the box on her neck, she fled up the street.
Guardsman Of Gor Norman, John, 1931- 1981
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Truth compels me to state that the division was made honestly, and that little Stennes crime did not seem so terrible to him when he heard the coins jingling under his blouse, and thought of the games of galoche which he had in prospect.
The Child Spy 1917
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You have the RIGHT … to family and medical leave, to sue your employer for looking at you funny, to sue him for not firing someone else who looked at you funny, to sue that guy who owns the house you were breaking into when you hurt yourself, to inspect the coins jingling around in your pocket and not see those horrible letters G, O, D.
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With that, the kender wandered back outside City Hall, Phineas's knife in his small hands, Phineas's coins jingling in his pocket.
Stalling 2010
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No doubt many countries around the world - particularly those who have a few extra coins jingling in their emerging market pockets from selling crap to US consumers, would like to see the power of the US Dollar and thus the US of A significantly reduced.
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I think he prefers hearing the sound of trickling water to the sound of extra coins jingling in our pockets.
Archive 2007-12-01 Mother Jones RN 2007
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I think he prefers hearing the sound of trickling water to the sound of extra coins jingling in our pockets.
Give Until It Hurts Mother Jones RN 2007
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