Associations to the word «Jangle»

Wiktionary

JANGLE, verb. (intransitive) To make a rattling metallic sound.
JANGLE, verb. (transitive) To cause something to make a rattling metallic sound.
JANGLE, verb. (transitive) To irritate.
JANGLE, verb. To quarrel in words; to wrangle.
JANGLE, noun. A rattling metallic sound.
JANGLE, noun. (obsolete) Idle talk; prate; chatter; babble.

Dictionary definition

JANGLE, noun. A metallic sound; "the jingle of coins"; "the jangle of spurs".
JANGLE, verb. Make a sound typical of metallic objects; "The keys were jingling in his pocket".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats