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.
jingles
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pluralof jingle.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof jingle (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
jingleverb (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.
Example Sentences
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It would be easy to look at all of this — the card tables, homemade jingles, wagons stacked with brightly colored boxes — and see only an exceptionally cute American ritual.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
On that LP, he explored the aesthetic surfaces of advertising, sampling fragments of jingles and other sonic detritus and arranging them into haunting new shapes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 18, 2025
DiBergi finds Tufnel working as a cheesemonger in Berwick-upon-Tweed, Smalls as the proprietor of London glue museum and St Hubbins living in Los Angeles making answering machine jingles.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2025
At the time, Arias had already established herself as a formidable copywriter for ad agencies, translating jingles and songs in Spanish for companies like Alka-Seltzer, Campbell Soup, Ford Motor Co.,
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2025
She quickly bounced to her feet with a chorus of jingles and chimes and started down the hallway.
From "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster
