jingle
pronunciation
How to pronounce jingle in British English:
UK [ˈdʒɪŋɡl]
How to pronounce jingle in American English:
US [ˈdʒɪŋɡl]
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- Noun:
- a metallic sound
- a comic verse of irregular measure
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- Verb:
- make a sound typical of metallic objects
Word Origin
- jingle (v.)
- late 14c., gingeln, of imitative origin (compare Dutch jengelen, German klingeln). Related: Jingled; jingling.
- jingle (n.)
- 1590s, from jingle (v.). Meaning "song in an advertisement" first attested 1930, from earlier sense of "catchy array of words in prose or verse" (1640s).
Example
- 1. Childrens english childrens songs-jingle bells jingle .
- 2. Thus the plan is to get outside experts to properly audit the mortgage books and model the jingle mail risk .
- 3. There may be around 70 million christians in china , but they are emphatically not the reason why you cannot walk down a street in beijing at the moment without bumping into a christmas tree , or having " jingle bells " blared at you from a storefront .
- 4. Can you make this jingle sound more brown ?
- 5. Do you know jingle bells ?