jingle
verb (used without object)
to make clinking or tinkling sounds, as do coins, keys, or other light, resonant metal objects when coming into contact or being struck together repeatedly.
had jingled
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past perfectof jingle.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Meantime several jolly little cutters, no higher than cradles, had jingled up with more men in furs and one woman.
From Careers of Danger and Daring by Cleveland Moffett
Clearly, this dollar had jingled in no casual pockets, along with other coins, nor had it been sweated or marred by any sort of use.
From Black Caesar's Clan : a Florida Mystery Story by Albert Payson Terhune
And she raised changeling hands at me, and laughed and danced and chattered like the drops upon a waterfall; and clear as if a tiny bell had jingled I heard her cry.
From Henry Brocken His Travels and Adventures in the Rich, Strange, Scarce-Imaginable Regions of Romance by Walter De la Mare
More than once David had jingled a few coins in his pocket, wondering where he could add to them on the morrow and when he had borrowed how he could repay.
From The House of Toys by Henry Russell Miller
And in '61 the Ranger's son, Anson Kirby, had jingled off in them to another war.
From Rebel Spurs by Andre Norton
