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jangle

Best crossword clue

"Metallic clatter"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈd͡ʒæŋɡəl/Part of speech verb, nounSorted aegjlnStarts with JEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. make a sound typical of metallic objects

Word origin

From Middle English jangle (“gossip, idle talk; a dispute”), from Anglo-Norman jangle and Old French jangle (“gossip, idle talk; a dispute”), from Old French jangler (“to chatter, gossip; to argue noisily; to bawl”): see further at etymology 1. Later uses are derived directly from the verb.

Used in a sentence

  • Now ſee what noble and moſt ſoueraigne reaſon / Like ſweet bells iangled, out of time, and harſh, /That vnmatcht forme, and ſtature of blowne youth / Blaſted with extacie, […]
  • You always could / Find that soft spot in me when I was angry / You always could / Jangle everything that I would say / Until you got it your way
  • The sound from the next apartment jangled my nerves.

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