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jingly-jangly

/ˈdʒɪŋɡliˈdʒæŋɡli/

jingly-jangly adjective: of something that makes a continuous, light, metallic, ringing, or clinking sound.

Adjective

jingly-jangly (comparative more jingly-jangly, superlative most jingly-jangly)

  1. (sounds) Of something that makes a continuous, light, metallic, ringing, or clinking sound.
  2. Of a bright, high-pitched, or sparkling guitar or piano-led melody.
  3. (aesthetic) Fantastical or grandiose, often in the context of hippies or flower power.
    • “It was the start of the hippy times, and there was a jingly-jangly hippy aura all around in America.2000, Paul McCartney, “Sgt. Pepper”, in The Beatles Anthology, page 241

Forms of jingly-jangly

comparativemore jingly-jangly
superlativemost jingly-jangly

Questions about jingly-jangly

What does jingly-jangly mean?
Jingly-jangly means of something that makes a continuous, light, metallic, ringing, or clinking sound.
What part of speech is jingly-jangly?
Jingly-jangly is an adjective.
How do you pronounce jingly-jangly?
Jingly-jangly is pronounced /ˈdʒɪŋɡliˈdʒæŋɡli/.

Words near jingly-jangly in the dictionary

  1. jingling Johnny
  2. jinglingly
  3. jinglings
  4. Jinglish
  5. jingly
  6. jingly-jangly
  7. Jingmen
  8. jingmenvirus
  9. jingmenviruses
  10. Jingning
  11. jingo

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