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To make a tinkling or ringing metallic sound.
(verb-intransitive)
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To have the catchy sound of a simple, repetitious rhyme or doggerel.
(verb-intransitive)
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To cause to make a tinkling or ringing metallic sound.
(verb-transitive)
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The sound produced by or as if by bits of metal striking together.
(noun)
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A piece of light singsong verse or rhyme.
(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.