Jingle — Defs

01 v. i. To sound with a fine, sharp, rattling, clinking, or tinkling sound; as, sleigh bells jingle.

1.
To sound with a fine, sharp, rattling, clinking, or tinkling sound; as, sleigh bells jingle.
2.
To rhyme or sound with a jingling effect.

02 v. t. To cause to give a sharp metallic sound as a little bell, or as coins shaken together; to tinkle.

imp. & p. p. Jingled; p. pr. & vb. n. Jingling

1.
To cause to give a sharp metallic sound as a little bell, or as coins shaken together; to tinkle.
“The bells she jingled, and the whistle blew.” — Pope.

03 n. A rattling, clinking, or tinkling sound, as of little bells or pieces of metal.

1.
A rattling, clinking, or tinkling sound, as of little bells or pieces of metal.
2.
That which makes a jingling sound, as a rattle.
“If you plant where savages are, do not only entertain them with trifles and jingles, but use them justly.” — Bacon.
3.
A correspondence of sound in rhymes, especially when the verse has little merit;

Phrases & compounds

Jingle shell — See Gold shell (b), under Gold.