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Webster 1913 Edition
Jangle
Jan′gle
,Verb.
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.] 1.
To sound harshly or discordantly, as bells out of tune.
2.
To talk idly; to prate; to babble; to chatter; to gossip.
“Thou janglest as a jay.” Chaucer.
3.
To quarrel in words; to altercate; to wrangle.
Good wits will be
jangling
; but, gentles, agree. Shakespeare
Prussian Trenck . . . jargons and
jangles
in an unmelodious manner. Carlyle.
Jan′gle
,Verb.
T.
To cause to sound harshly or inharmoniously; to produce discordant sounds with.
Like sweet bells
jangled
, out of tune, and harsh. Shakespeare
Jan′gle
,Noun.
[Cf. OF.
jangle
.] 1.
Idle talk; prate; chatter; babble.
Chaucer.
2.
Discordant sound; wrangling.
The musical
jangle
of sleigh bells. Longfellow.
Webster 1828 Edition
Jangle
JAN'GLE
,Verb.
I.
JAN'GLE
,Verb.
T.
--E'er monkish rhymes
Had jangl'd their fantastic chimes.
Definition 2024
jangle
jangle
English
Verb
jangle (third-person singular simple present jangles, present participle jangling, simple past and past participle jangled)
- (intransitive) To make a rattling metallic sound.
- (transitive) To cause something to make a rattling metallic sound.
- Shakespeare
- Like sweet bells jangled, out of tune, and harsh.
- Shakespeare
- (transitive) To irritate.
- The sound from the next apartment jangled my nerves.
- To quarrel in words; to wrangle.
- Shakespeare
- Good wits will be jangling; but, gentles, agree.
- Carlyle
- Prussian Trenck […] jargons and jangles in an unmelodious manner.
- Shakespeare
Translations
to make a metallic sound
to cause to make a metallic sound
Noun
jangle (plural jangles)
- A rattling metallic sound.
- Longfellow
- the musical jangle of sleigh bells
- Longfellow
- (obsolete) Idle talk; prate; chatter; babble.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)