jangle
IPA: dʒˈæŋgʌɫ
noun
- A rattling metallic sound; a clang.
- (figuratively)
- The sound of people talking noisily.
- (archaic) Arguing, contention, squabbling.
- (music, attributively) A sound typified by undistorted, treble-heavy electric guitars, played in a droning chordal style, characteristic of 1960s folk rock and 1980s indie rock music.
verb
- (transitive)
- To cause (something) to make a rattling metallic sound.
- To express or say (something) in an argumentative or harsh manner.
- (figuratively) To irritate or jar (something).
- (intransitive)
- To make a rattling metallic sound.
- (archaic) To speak in an angry or harsh manner.
- (archaic) To quarrel verbally; to wrangle.
- (Northern England) Of a person: to speak loudly or too much; to chatter, to prate; of a bird: to make a noisy chattering sound.
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Examples of "jangle" in Sentences
- I heard the bells over the front door jangle as it swung open.
- They're wrapped up in jangle and glisten in the sun, smelling like a new cassette.
- As a result, I’m 95 percent of the way to my goal, and extra coins jangle my pockets.
- Army, 'the professors said one to another, as, hardly stopping for a moment at the stranger's entrance, they continued to' jangle 'among themselves.
- It's hard to say exactly where it started, but The Beatles and The Byrds often get the most credit for starting the enduring subgenre that's come to be known as jangle pop.
- 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.
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