jingle
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Is jingle a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (music) A small piece of metal attached to a musical instrument, such as a tambourine, so as to make a jangling sound when the instrument is played.Examples: "Her tambourine didn't come with any jingles attached."
2. (broadcasting, advertising, music) A memorable short song, or in some cases a snippet of a popular song with its lyrics modified, used for the purposes of advertising a product or service in a TV or radio commercial.Examples: "That used-car dealership's jingle has been stuck in my head since we heard that song."; "The best of friends become the worst of enemies when Barney makes a hilarious attack ad where he viciously pummels a cardboard cut-out of Homer before special guest star Linda Ronstadt joins the fun to both continue the attack on the helpless Homer stand-in and croon a slanderously accurate, insanely catchy jingle about how “Mr. Plow is a loser/And I think he is a boozer.”"
3. (slang) A brief telephone call.Examples: "Give me a jingle when you find out something."Synonyms: bell, ring, tinkleslang
4. (slang, uncountable) Coin money.Examples: "If all you folks who donate your hard-earned jingle to PETA aren't convinced of your ill-advised ways yet, you should probably check this out."slanguncountable
5. (Philippines, colloquial) Pee, urine.Philippinescolloquial
verb (English)
1. (intransitive) To make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself.Examples: "The beads jingled as she walked."; "He heard then a warm heavy sigh, softer, as she turned over and the loose brass quoits of the bedstead jingled. Must get those settled really."intransitive
2. (transitive) To cause to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself.Examples: "She jingled the beads as she walked."transitive
3. (dated, intransitive) To rhyme or sound with a jingling effect.Examples: "jingling street ballads"datedintransitive
4. (Philippines, colloquial) To pee, to urinate.Philippinescolloquial
Definition source: Wiktionary