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jingling

nounadjective
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As a noun, jingling means the sound made by something that jingles. As an adjective, it means having a series of high-pitched ringing sounds like many small bells.

Meanings of jingling

3 meanings

noun

  1. The sound made by something that jingles.

    “the jinglings of many bells”

  2. An old parlour game in which blindfolded players within a ring attempted to catch another player to whom a bell was tied.

verb

Present participle of jingle

adjective

  1. Having a series of high-pitched ringing sounds like many small bells

    “jingling sleigh bells”

    Similar: jingly

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

adjective: having a series of high-pitched ringing sounds like many …
jingly

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