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.
jingly
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a word derived from
jingle.
Example Sentences
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For that dance, women wear dresses festooned with rows of jingly metal cones.
From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2021
That’s right — at exactly midnight Eastern time Sunday, Mariah Carey posted her annual end-of-Halloween video set to the jingly tune of her yuletide classic, “All I Want for Christmas Is You.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2021
If AI is currently good enough to make jingly elevator music like the clip above, how long until it can create a number one hit?
From The Verge ● Aug. 31, 2018
She put on a jingly metallic bracelet and her favorite boots and did her makeup.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 20, 2017
The television hummed, a jingly ad for laundry soap.
From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon
