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ajangle

/əˈd͡ʒæŋɡəl/

ajangle adjective: jangling.

Adjective

ajangle (not comparable)

  1. Jangling.
    • When men are calling names and making faces,
      And all the world’s ajangle and ajar,
      I meditate on interstellar spaces
      And smoke a mild seegar.1913, Bert Leston Taylor, “Canopus” in Motley Measures, Chicago: The Laurentian Publishers, p. 14
    • Where the horrible clamor had merely set my nerves ajangle, it had plainly lacerated her like some evil bullwhip.1979, William Styron, chapter 15, in Sophie’s Choice, New York: Random House, page 462

Origin of ajangle

From a- + jangle.

Questions about ajangle

What does ajangle mean?
Ajangle means jangling.
What part of speech is ajangle?
Ajangle is an adjective.
How do you pronounce ajangle?
Ajangle is pronounced /əˈd͡ʒæŋɡəl/.

Words near ajangle in the dictionary

  1. Ajami Turkic
  2. ajamoda
  3. ajamutra
  4. Ajanel
  5. Ajanels
  6. ajangle
  7. ajanine
  8. Ajanta
  9. Ajantha
  10. Ajantian
  11. ajapsandal

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