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Definition of Jangly
1. Adjective. Like the discordant ringing of nonmusical metallic objects striking together. "Cowboys with jangling spurs"
Definition of Jangly
1. Adjective. pertaining to something that jangles ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Jangly
1. jangling [adj -GLIER, -GLIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jangly
Literary usage of Jangly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting (1908)
"Native airs are set in the minor key, and beneath the tune often jangly and
discordant to the Caucasian ear, there is a plaintive, yearning strain, soft, ..."
2. Report by Indians Rights Association (1908)
"Native airs are set in the minor key. and beneath the tune often jangly and
discordant to the Caucasian ear. there is a plaintive, yearning strain, ..."
3. Glimpses of South America by Frederick Augustus Sherwood (1920)
"There is a jangly mechanical piano, and continuous moving pictures afternoons
and evenings. The pictures are mostly tragic or highly sentimental French ..."
4. Kin O' Ktaadn: Verse Stories of the Plain Folk who are Keeping Bright the by Holman Francis Day (1904)
"He clattered his jangly bell at the gates, Soldered the pans at modest rates, "
Enough for a bite and enough for a bed Is enough for me,'" he mildly said. ..."
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