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Definition of "jangle" []

  • To make a harsh metallic sound: The spurs jangled noisily. (verb-intransitive)
  • To cause to make a harsh discordant sound. (verb-transitive)
  • To have an irritating effect on: The racket from the street jangled my nerves. (verb-transitive)
  • A harsh metallic sound. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "jangle" in a sentence
  • "They're wrapped up in jangle and glisten in the sun, smelling like a new cassette."
  • "Bartlett calls it the "indie summer song of the year", and I'm having a hard time coming up with a better candidate; the jangle is contagious and the singing is sincere and heart-melting."
  • "There is a note of barbarism in the brassy jar and clamor of the instruments, enhanced by the bewildering ambition of each player to force through his piece the most noise and jangle, which is not always covered and subdued into a harmonious whole by the whang of the bass drum."