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jingle

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verb

as in to clink
to make a repeated sharp light ringing sound the bell on the kitten's collar jingled as she walked

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Recent Examples of jingle
Noun
In an alternate universe where a less-ambitious Swift took a 9-to-5 job writing ad jingles, this one soundtracked a TV spot for the new AT&T family plan. Nate Jones, Vulture, 20 May 2024 Nowadays, younger music fans might recognize the jingle from a commercial promoting tourism in the Bahamas, which stars Kravitz. Michael Saponara, Billboard, 29 July 2024
Verb
Unpredictable and complex, this film has quite a few tricks stuffed in its stockings that will leave you shocked and your bells fully jingled. James Mercadante, EW.com, 27 Oct. 2023 Guests have returned, filling the blackjack and roulette tables amid the cacophony of jingling slot machines — the sound of money. Peter S. Goodman Bridget Bennett, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for jingle 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jingle
Noun
  • Bashful Bunny Ring Rattle $16 Nordstrom Jellycat’s ridiculously cute toys are slowly taking over the world, and this ring rattle is a rare pick that comes in under $20.
    Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 13 Sep. 2024
  • The sound design booms and rattles, the delusions are even more elaborate and the body horror is even bloodier and more disturbing.
    Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Speaking to Billboard earlier this year, frontman Grian Chatten discussed the creative leap the band took on Romance, which expands its sound to include elements of nu-metal, pop and string-laden ballads.
    Thomas Smith, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The day the cast sang the ballad in episode two was really powerful.
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • With the sound of clinking wine glasses, tastes of inventive veggies, and the voice of an award-winning chef, the Courier Journal's new dinner series kicked off Sunday at a popular Highlands restaurant.
    Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Tears flooded Ye’s eyes as the group clinked glasses of champagne at 9:30 a.m.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 4 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • From there things just keep happening, as one event unfolds into another in a headlong rush amid the incessant clatter of plates and pans and the machine spitting out endless order tickets.
    Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Outside, the sidewalk patio remains relatively quiet except for the occasional clatter of trains down the street.
    Louisa Kung Liu Chu, Chicago Tribune, 7 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • The songs are just too intricately lovely, delighting hips and hearts and heads all at once, to be denied.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The greatest of the prayer songs is the Lord’s Prayer.
    Brendan Menapace, SPIN, 5 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Soft music tinkled in the white marble lobby, where there was hardly a soul walking in or out on a summer workday.
    Paula Aceves, Curbed, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Gone is Greenwell’s glittering ceremony, the long sentences tinkling with semicolons.
    Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • In 1947, Ives’s Third Symphony, a stately mashup of Christian hymns, won him a Pulitzer Prize.
    Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
  • No Bible readings, hymns about love and support and nature but not God.
    R. Eric Thomas, The Denver Post, 31 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • But before the phone started ringing that day, Nancy was lamenting that the sky had been cloudy on the day of the solar eclipse — the last that would pass over England in her lifetime.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
  • In late September, Torri was driving down the highway with her 11-year-old son Junior in the back seat when her phone started ringing.
    Aliyya Swaby, ProPublica, 30 Oct. 2024

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“Jingle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jingle. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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