jingles

Noun

jingle (plural jingles)

1. The sound of metal or glass clattering against itself.
   • He heard the jingle of her keys in the door and turned off the screen.
2. A small piece of metal attached to a musical instrument, such as a tambourine, so as to make a jangling sound when the instrument is played.
   • Her tambourine didn't come with any jingles attached.
3. A memorable short song, or in some cases a snippet of a popular song with its lyrics modified, used for the purposes of advertising a product or service in a TV or radio commercial.
   • That used-car dealership's jingle has been stuck in my head since we heard that song.
4. A carriage drawn by horses.
   • They drove in a jingle across Cork while it was still early morning and Stephen finished his sleep in a bedroom of the Victoria Hotel.1916, James Joyce, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Macmillan Press Ltd, page 85
5. (slang) A brief telephone call.
   • Give me a jingle when you find out something.

   Synonyms:

   bell, ring, tinkle

6. A jingle shell.

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