'Jangle' definitions:
Definition of 'jangle'
From: WordNet
noun
A metallic sound; "the jingle of coins"; "the jangle of spurs" [syn: jingle, jangle]
verb
Make a sound typical of metallic objects; "The keys were jingling in his pocket" [syn: jingle, jingle-jangle, jangle]
Definition of 'Jangle'
From: GCIDE
- 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.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To sound harshly or discordantly, as bells out of tune. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To talk idly; to prate; to babble; to chatter; to gossip. "Thou janglest as a jay." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To quarrel in words; to altercate; to wrangle. [1913 Webster]
- Good wits will be jangling; but, gentles, agree. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Prussian Trenck . . . jargons and jangles in an unmelodious manner. --Carlyle. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Jangle'
From: GCIDE
- Jangle \Jan"gle\, v. t. To cause to sound harshly or inharmoniously; to produce discordant sounds with. [1913 Webster]
- Like sweet bells jangled, out of tune, and harsh. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Jangle'
From: GCIDE
- Jangle \Jan"gle\, n. [Cf. OF. jangle.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Idle talk; prate; chatter; babble. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Discordant sound; wrangling. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The unmelodious ringing of multiple metallic objects striking together, such as a set of small bells. [PJC]
- The musical jangle of sleigh bells. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'jangle'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agree to disagree,
- Babel,
- babel,
- be at cross-purposes,
- be at variance,
- bedlam,
- Bedlam let loose,
- 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,
- Discordia,
- disharmony,
- dissent,
- dissonance,
- dong,
- donging,
- donnybrook,
- drunken brawl,
- dustup,
- enmity,
- Eris,
- 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