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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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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of jingle
Noun
Along with busying themselves doing studio work for commercial ad jingles and sessions with Ben E. King, Roy Ayers and Esther Phillips, Alomar played as part of the Apollo Theater’s house band. A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 7 Mar. 2025 While some transitions still use generic one-liner jingles, the addition of real pop and R&B love songs in the episodes is something the franchise has never done before — and hard to ignore while watching. Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 15 Feb. 2025
Verb
Shoppers find last-minute Christmas gifts at area businesses Bells jingled on shop doors as people wandered in and out of stores searching for last-minute gifts on Christmas Eve in Northwest Arkansas. Gael Langdon, arkansasonline.com, 24 Dec. 2024 Clarkson’s tune jingles its way from No. 12 to No. 10, entering the top 10 for the first time, years after it was first released. Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for jingle
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jingle
Noun
  • Nailing a loose floorboard into the joist below should eliminate the rattle or squeak.
    Clark Hodgin, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Researchers also found a wooden rattle that was used as a gas alarm in the crater of a bomb explosion.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The pop ballad, which helped kick off his own career years ago, is back in a huge way.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
  • But the emotional disconnect is impossible to overcome in a show that's almost entirely sentimental ballads.
    Shania Russell, EW.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Sure, Italians look darn elegant and effortless sipping a spritz, but that cigar ring clinking the glass is purposefully chosen and those sunglasses (likely bought at the local ottica) weren’t just a quick find at a gas station.
    Nneya Richards, Travel + Leisure, 30 Mar. 2025
  • Kendall Jenner clinks glasses with Billy Dec at the Blueprint Underground Cocktail Club in Nashville, Tennessee on March 13.
    Escher Walcott, People.com, 22 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • There were hits with a bamboo clatter stick, which projects a rattling sound.
    Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 5 Apr. 2025
  • The solid construction of this slick pair of cans combines with the brand’s excellent adaptive noise-canceling technology to block out almost all the ambient clatter in your environment.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 26 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Hopefully, that will make genre transitions less jarring without changing how a song sounds.
    Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 18 Apr. 2025
  • In addition, there’s a post-credits scene that features the young version of Sammie signing a song, which, like the mid-credits scene, doesn’t serve as a springboard for a sequel.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Shaking the capsules produces audio signals that range from rattling stones, over tinkling coins to swooshing sand.
    Erico Guizzo, IEEE Spectrum, 5 Oct. 2018
  • Jeff Goldblum tinkled the ivories during a moving In Memoriam section at the BAFTA Film Awards.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 16 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The political vacuum left from the Biden-Harris Administration, the Democratic Party needs time to sing from the same hymn sheet.
    ABC News, ABC News, 9 Mar. 2025
  • As Carter’s beloved Bible hymns and country music rang out, President Biden and President-elect Trump joined former presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton at the extraordinary send-off at the Washington National Cathedral.
    Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Samara Cohen, Chief Investment Officer of ETF and Index Investments at Blackrock, (C) rings the opening bell as Bitcoin Spot ETF’s are launched on the Nasdaq Exchange on January 11, 2024 in New York City.
    Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 11 Apr. 2025
  • The venue was ringed by ample restaurants, but when Warrier finished, around 11 p.m., they were all closed.
    Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 9 Apr. 2025

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“Jingle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jingle. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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