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Synonyms for jangle

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : jang-guh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒæŋ gəl

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Définition of jangle

Origin :
  • c.1300, jangeln, "to talk excessively, chatter, talk idly," from Old French jangler "to chatter, gossip, bawl, argue noisily" (12c.), perhaps from Frankish *jangelon "to jeer" or some other Germanic source (cf. Middle Dutch jangelen "to whine"). Meaning "make harsh noise" is first recorded late 15c. Related: Jangled; jangling.
  • noun cacophony of noises
  • verb make clinking noises
Example sentences :
  • In this jangle of causes and effects what had become of their true selves?
  • Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster
  • The jangle of the bell in the engine-room would now interrupt him.
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Shining Light » by Norman Duncan
  • A jangle of keys without imposed a sudden lull on the noise.
  • Extract from : « Kilgorman » by Talbot Baines Reed
  • The jangle of little bells—the goatherds were going out of the city!
  • Extract from : « Little Novels of Italy » by Maurice Henry Hewlett
  • He was aroused from a troubled sleep by the jangle of the 'phone.
  • Extract from : « The Green Rust » by Edgar Wallace
  • I was propped on my elbows on the bunk in my cubicle, nursing the jangle in my leg.
  • Extract from : « Attrition » by Jim Wannamaker
  • Then the jangle of voices took on a new and distinct note of unanimity.
  • Extract from : « The Grain Ship » by Morgan Robertson
  • There was the jangle of harness and bells; the clop-clop of hoofs, rising to a clatter.
  • Extract from : « Nights in London » by Thomas Burke
  • There was always this feeling of jangle and discord in the Leivers family.
  • Extract from : « Sons and Lovers » by David Herbert Lawrence
  • Not so far as we had been before, but far enough to be out of the whirl and clatter and jangle.
  • Extract from : « The Van Dwellers » by Albert Bigelow Paine

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