jangle

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To cause (something) to make a rattling metallic sound.
2. (transitive) To express or say (something) in an argumentative or harsh manner.
3. (figuratively, transitive) To irritate or jar (something).
4. (intransitive) To make a rattling metallic sound.
5. (archaic, intransitive) To speak in an angry or harsh manner.
6. (archaic, intransitive) To quarrel verbally; to wrangle.
7. (Northern-England, intransitive) Of a person: to speak loudly or too much; to chatter, to prate; of a bird: to make a noisy chattering sound.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A rattling metallic sound; a clang.
2. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) The sound of people talking noisily.
3. (archaic, countable, figuratively, uncountable) Arguing, contention, squabbling.
4. (attributive, countable, uncountable) 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.

Synonyms

jingle

clank

clatter

clink

quarrel

rattle

tinkle

chime

jingle-jangle

ring

💍

wrangle

bicker

spat

brawl

row

clang

discord

scrap

squabble

dispute

fight

fracas

fray

hit

altercate

hurt

knock

nag

noise

punish

ruckus

ruction

rumpus

rustle

slosh

smite

sound

🔉

strike

strike down

swat

thrash

vibrate

whirr

clickety-click

tintinnabulate

hullabaloo

altercation

argue

badger

🦡

ballyhoo

Translations

cliqueter

keifen

poltern

çekişmek

cencerreo

gürültü

sferragliamento

φασαρία

tintinnio

cliquetis

καυγάς

rinkelen

λογομαχώ

νταβαντούρι

klirren

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdʒæŋɡl̩/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: janglen

Cognate with Middle Dutch: jangelen

Cognate with Dutch: jengelen

Inherited from Middle English: jangle

In summary

From Middle English janglen (“to talk excessively, chatter; to talk idly, gossip; to nag; to complain, grumble; to argue, debate; to discuss, talk; to talk indistinctly, jabber; to make a noise or outcry; of a bird: to chatter, twitter”) [and other forms], from Old French jangler (“to chatter, gossip; to argue noisily; to bawl”) [and other forms]; further etymology uncertain, perhaps from Old Dutch *jangelon (“to jeer”) (compare Middle Dutch jangelen (“to murmur, grumble, buzz, mutter, drone, simmer”), modern Dutch jengelen (“to whine, persistently nag, whimper”), though the Oxford English Dictionary finds this improbable) and ultimately imitative.