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Meanings of jangle in English

Portuguese
tilintar
Catalan
esquellejar

Make a sound typical of metallic objects.

tilintar

A metallic sound.

Usage of jangle in English
1
From the cross streets, sounded in the distance the jangle of sleigh-bells.
Santa Claus's Partner
2
Fallion saw a flicker of light and heard the jangle of keys.
Sons of the Oak
3
Distantly, Harper heard the jingle-jangle of empty cartridges falling into the road.
The Fireman
4
I heard the jangle of keys as I reached the next landing.
NS13 Zero Hour (2010)
5
A jangle of keys without imposed a sudden lull on the noise.
Kilgorman: A Story of Ireland in 1798
6
He heard her armour rattle and jangle as she pulled it on.
Assail
7
She was soaping herself when she heard the jangle of Marian's doorbell.
The secret life of ceecee wilkes
8
Jenny's place would still jangle with honky-tonk and rock with belching laughter.
East of eden
9
The bells from the chapel start to toll with a sudden jangle.
The Kingmaker’s Daughter
10
A jingle-jangle of broken strings, laughable and dreadful, was the only answer.
Hauntings / Fantastic Stories
11
She opened the door, which met her entrance with an ill-tempered jangle.
The Best Ghost Stories
12
Everyone flinched at a discordant jangle from the instrument in Fisher's hands.
Orb Sceptre Throne
13
Noel Hogan's guitars are deliciously insistent and rooted in classic jangle pop.
Independent.ie
14
The bells in the chapel burst into a wild jangle of sound.
The talisman
15
A crystalline jangle as the big chandelier in the hall came down.
The talisman
16
As they entered, the pay phone in the entrance began to jangle.
American Gods
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Jangle through the time
Jangle across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common