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   jangle

   /ˈdʒaŋɡl/

   verb

   • 1. make or cause to make a ringing metallic sound, typically a discordant one: "a bell jangled loudly" Similar clankclinkjingletinkledingpingclangclashclatterrattlevibrateringchimerare:tintinnabulate
   • ▪ (with reference to a person's nerves) set or be set on edge: "now it's over my nerves are jangling" Similar grate onjar onirritatedisturbassaultfrayraspput/set on edgeshredrub rawtestrattlestretch tightwreak havoc oninformal:get on

   noun

   • 1. a ringing metallic sound: "the shrill jangle of the door bell"

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘talk excessively or noisily, squabble’): from Old French jangler, of unknown origin.

   Derivatives

   • 1. jangly adjective

   Scrabble Points: 14

   • J

     8

   • A

     1

   • N

     1

   • G

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   • L

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   • E

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