jangle
Plural: jangles
Noun
- a metallic sound
- "the jangle of spurs"
- A rattling metallic sound; a clang.
- The sound of people talking noisily.
- Arguing, contention, squabbling.
- A sound typified by undistorted, treble-heavy electric guitars, played in a droning chordal style, characteristic of 1960s folk rock and 1980s indie rock music.
Verb
Verb Forms: jangled, jangling, jangles
- To make a harsh, discordant, ringing metallic sound.
- make a sound typical of metallic objects
- To cause (something) to make a rattling metallic sound.
- To express or say (something) in an argumentative or harsh manner.
- To irritate or jar (something).
- To make a rattling metallic sound.
- To speak in an angry or harsh manner.
- To quarrel verbally; to wrangle.
- Of a person: to speak loudly or too much; to chatter, to prate; of a bird: to make a noisy chattering sound.
Examples
- The bad tiles would JANGLE in his rack, mocking his inability to form a word.
- The sound from the next apartment jangled my nerves.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English janglen (“to talk excessively, chatter; to talk idly, gossip; to nag; to complain, grumble; to argue, debate; to discuss, talk; to talk indistinctly, jabber; to make a noise or outcry; of a bird: to chatter, twitter”) [and other forms], from Old French jangler (“to chatter, gossip; to argue noisily; to bawl”) [and other forms]; further etymology uncertain, perhaps from Old Dutch *jangelon (“to jeer”) (compare Middle Dutch jangelen (“to murmur, grumble, buzz, mutter, drone, simmer”), modern Dutch jengelen (“to whine, persistently nag, whimper”), though the Oxford English Dictionary finds this improbable) and ultimately imitative.
Synonyms
jingle, jingle-jangle, altercation, bickering, squabble
Scrabble Score: 14
jangle: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordjangle: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
jangle: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary