2. That which makes a jingling sound, as a rattle. If you plant where savages are, do not only entertain them with trifles and jingles,but use them justly. Bacon.
3. A correspondence of sound in rhymes, especially when the verse has little merit; hence, the verse itself." The least jingle of verse." Guardian. Jingle shell. See Gold shell (b), under Gold.
JINGLER
Jin"gler, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, jingles.
JINGLING
Jin"gling, n.
Defn: The act or process of producing a jingle; also, the sound itself; a chink. "The jingling of the guinea." Tennyson.
JINGLINGLY
Jin"gling*ly, adv.
Defn: So as to jingle. Lowell.
JINGO
Jin"go, n.; pl. Jingoes. Etym: [Said to be a corruption of St.
Gingoulph.]
1. A word used as a jocular oath. "By the living jingo." Goldsmith.