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as in ballad
a short musical composition for the human voice often with instrumental accompaniment
loved that jingle in the commercial for the fast-food place
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Recent Examples of jingle
Lane Sainty, The Arizona Republic, 22 Dec. 2024
Come up with a punny holiday jingle about Santa and the Grinch to use in my Christmas card.
—Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 30 Nov. 2024
So hurry up, and jingle all the way to your nearest Dairy Queen.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Southern Living, 26 Nov. 2024
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Noun
The firm produces keychains that play the jingle on a loop.
—Lane Sainty, The Arizona Republic, 22 Dec. 2024
Come up with a punny holiday jingle about Santa and the Grinch to use in my Christmas card.
—Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
Verb
Christmas stays and plays December is just moments away and those jingle bells are jingling.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 30 Nov. 2024
So hurry up, and jingle all the way to your nearest Dairy Queen.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Southern Living, 26 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jingle
Noun
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The high-contrast black-and-white rattle offers plenty of visual appeal for additional stimulation.—
Pamela Brill,
Parents,
24 Oct. 2024
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Tribal members dressed in their finest regalia–silver, turquoise, coral, shell, feathers–shake gourd rattles in a ring enclosing the Deer Dancers and two Deer Maidens.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes,
2 Jan. 2025
Noun
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In Blue Velvet, Dorothy Valence’s (Isabella Rossellini) rendition of the title ballad is a conduit for her internal life.—
Madison Bloom,
Pitchfork,
17 Jan. 2025
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In the music video, released Monday, frontwoman Michelle Zauner sings the delicate ballad, while bassist Jungle twirls in a gleaming seashell, emulating a siren.—
Kalia Richardson,
Rolling Stone,
14 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The couple dined on Taco Bell — one of Gomez’s favorite food places — and clinked champagne glasses while sitting on a picnic blanket.—
Rania Aniftos,
Billboard,
20 Dec. 2024
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The chaotic sounds of feet tapping, knives clinking, and electroshocks buzzing create anxiety throughout the film, but when Para One’s music plays, the film communicates that de Saint Phalle has reached a breakthrough.—
Sarah Belmont,
ARTnews.com,
17 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Restaurants are noisier than ever, with each clatter and shout threatening our health (not to mention our sanity).—
Jessica Iredale,
airmail.news,
6 Dec. 2024
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Marcos Santiago heard the clatter of metal chains outside cell 201 next door.—
Christie Thompson,
NPR,
18 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The song, a home demo Lennon recorded in 1978, was well known to Beatles die-hards.—
August Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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This album, there’s of course heartbreak in it, but there’s songs for lovers, too.—
Carly Thomas,
The Hollywood Reporter,
24 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Guests in silk blouses and slacks sipped scotch while the piano man tinkled the keys.—
Erin Florio,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 Nov. 2024
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That had to have felt like Old Man Winter tinkling on his shoulder.—
Grant Brisbee,
The Athletic,
5 Aug. 2024
Noun
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In a Christian context, hymns are written to honor God.—
Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
20 Jan. 2025
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Anyone interested in performing hymns with Frost and the Village Community Chorale should contact the church music ministries coordinator, Twyla Arant, at twylaa@villagechurch.org.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Malibu resident Jessica Davis is part of an army of volunteers determined to help the tens of thousands of animals displaced by the deadly, destructive blazes Comments Ever since the Palisades Fire tore through her Malibu community on Jan. 7, Jessica Davis’s cellphone has been ringing nonstop.—
Johnny Dodd,
People.com,
25 Jan. 2025
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Season 1 introduced Peter as a low-level FBI agent stationed in the White House basement, tasked with manning an emergency hotline for undercover spies, which never rings.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Jingle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jingle. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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