Jangle /(?)/

Jan·gle

Jangle

v. i.

imp. & p. p. Jangled; p. pr. & vb. n. Jangling

  1. To sound harshly or discordantly, as bells out of tune.
  2. To talk idly; to prate; to babble; to chatter; to gossip.
  3. To quarrel in words; to altercate; to wrangle.
    Good wits will be jangling; but, gentles, agree.
    Prussian Trenck . . . jargons and jangles in an unmelodious manner.

Jangle

v. t.
  1. To cause to sound harshly or inharmoniously; to produce discordant sounds with.
    Like sweet bells jangled, out of tune, and harsh.

Jangle

n.
  1. Idle talk; prate; chatter; babble.
  2. Discordant sound; wrangling.
  3. The unmelodious ringing of multiple metallic objects striking together, such as a set of small bells.
    The musical jangle of sleigh bells.