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.
have jingled
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present perfectof jingle.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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And I cast moreover down unto thee All my sorrows and sins, And the cap and bells of folly That have jingled so long upon my head.
From Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine by Heinrich Heine
"You should n't have jingled your purse—you should n't have flaunted your wealth in my face," laughed the Cardinal, putting away the notes.
From The Cardinal's Snuff-Box by Henry Harland
Madame d'Udon's Breakfasts have jingled with a new significance; not even Genevese Dumont but had a word in it.
From The French Revolution by Thomas Carlyle
It might be supposed that these articles, when thrust together into the bag, would have jingled; but these skilful practitioners managed matters so well that no noise was made.
From Jack Sheppard A Romance by William Harrison Ainsworth
He never suspected that had Hilda, not Rychie, first talked with Katrinka upon the subject, the bells would have jingled as willing an echo.
From Hans Brinker; or, the Silver Skates by Mary Mapes Dodge
