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Jangle \Jan"gle\, n. [Cf. OF. jangle.]
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1. Idle talk; prate; chatter; babble. --Chaucer.
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2. Discordant sound; wrangling.
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3. The unmelodious ringing of multiple metallic objects
striking together, such as a set of small bells.
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The musical jangle of sleigh bells. --Longfellow.
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Jangle \Jan"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Jangled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Jangling}.] [OE. janglen to quarrel, OF. jangler to rail,
quarrel; of Dutch or German origin; cf. D. jangelen, janken,
to whimper, chide, brawl, quarrel.]
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1. To sound harshly or discordantly, as bells out of tune.
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2. To talk idly; to prate; to babble; to chatter; to gossip.
"Thou janglest as a jay." --Chaucer.
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3. To quarrel in words; to altercate; to wrangle.
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Good wits will be jangling; but, gentles, agree.
--Shak.
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Prussian Trenck . . . jargons and jangles in an
unmelodious manner. --Carlyle.
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Jangle \Jan"gle\, v. t.
To cause to sound harshly or inharmoniously; to produce
discordant sounds with.
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Like sweet bells jangled, out of tune, and harsh.
--Shak.
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