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Definition of Jingling
1. Adjective. Having a series of high-pitched ringing sounds like many small bells. "Jingling sleigh bells"
Definition of Jingling
1. n. The act or process of producing a jingle; also, the sound itself; a chink.
Definition of Jingling
1. Noun. A jingle, the sounds of a jingle. ¹
2. Verb. (present participle of jingle) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Jingling
1. jingle [v] - See also: jingle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jingling
Literary usage of Jingling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Popular Account of the Ancient Egyptians by John Gardner Wilkinson (1854)
"Two harps, and another instrument, which perhaps emitted a jingling sound, a and
b show how the strings were wound round the pegs. Beni Hassan. ..."
2. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1894)
"... Bedfordshire, who married, Once, we confess, beneath the patriot's cloak, From
the cracked bag the dropping guinea And jingling down the backstairs, ..."
3. Memoirs of Richard Cumberland by Richard Cumberland (1806)
"... myself for any length of time to this jingling ain of obsolete versification,
yet I am indebted to my me er for the seasonable contempt she threw upon ..."
4. Personal Memoirs and Recollections of Editorial Life by Joseph Tinker Buckingham (1852)
"... depend upon it that fellow is a miser, who thinks there is no music equal to
the jingling of a dollar, and who would not hesitate to pick your pocket, ..."
5. Unaddressed Letters by Frank Athelstane Swettenham (1904)
"VII THE jingling COIN YOU ask me the meaning of the jingling coin. It was a tale
I heard that impressed me, and sometimes comes back with a strange ..."
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