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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Revisit some of the show’s best jingles and parodies, appreciate Alec Baldwin’s singular performance as Jack Donaghy, and test your memory with this quiz.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026
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
While the 1-877-KARS4KIDS song has been called one of the most memorable jingles in history, a court has ruled it is misleading.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 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
As a young student he traveled to Paris on a mare that was as large as six elephants, and hung the bells of Notre Dame on the mare’s neck as jingles.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
