jingly
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jin·gle
(jĭng′gəl)v. jin·gled, jin·gling, jin·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.]
jin′gly adj.
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Adj. | 1. | jingly - having a series of high-pitched ringing sounds like many small bells; "jingling sleigh bells" reverberant - having a tendency to reverberate or be repeatedly reflected; "a reverberant room"; "the reverberant booms of cannon" |
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