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
- This is a list of jangle pop bands.
- I hope I haven't added to the jangle here.
- This name avoids the honorary honours jangle too.
- Mercury played jangle piano as well as a grand one.
- I think that Jangle was actively ignored in some quarters.
- The sudden jangle of the phone made everyone start and gasp.
- The etymological derivation of the term jangle is uncertain.
- Jangle pop is a genre of alternative rock popular in the 1980s.
- The Smiths are well known as pioneers in the genre of Jangle pop.
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