As verbs the difference between jangle and jangling
is that
jangle is to make a rattling metallic sound while
jangling is .
As nouns the difference between jangle and jangling
is that
jangle is a rattling metallic sound while
jangling is a jangle, the sounds of a jangle.
jangle English
Verb
To make a rattling metallic sound.
To cause something to make a rattling metallic sound.
* Shakespeare
- Like sweet bells jangled , out of tune, and harsh.
To irritate.
- The sound from the next apartment jangled my nerves.
To quarrel in words; to wrangle.
* Shakespeare
- Good wits will be jangling ; but, gentles, agree.
* Carlyle
- Prussian Trenck jargons and jangles in an unmelodious manner.
Noun
( en noun)
A rattling metallic sound.
* Longfellow
- the musical jangle of sleigh bells
(obsolete) Idle talk; prate; chatter; babble.
- (Chaucer)
Usage notes
* somewhat harsher than jingle
Related terms
* jangly
* jingle
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jangling English
Noun
( en noun)
A jangle, the sounds of a jangle.
Verb
(head)
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