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jangling
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Jangling
(gcide) | Jangle \Jan"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Jangled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Jangling.] [OE. janglen to quarrel, OF. jangler to rail,
quarrel; of Dutch or German origin; cf. D. jangelen, janken,
to whimper, chide, brawl, quarrel.]
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1. To sound harshly or discordantly, as bells out of tune.
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2. To talk idly; to prate; to babble; to chatter; to gossip.
"Thou janglest as a jay." --Chaucer.
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3. To quarrel in words; to altercate; to wrangle.
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Good wits will be jangling; but, gentles, agree.
--Shak.
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Prussian Trenck . . . jargons and jangles in an
unmelodious manner. --Carlyle.
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Jangling
(gcide) | Jangling \Jan"gling\, a.
Producing discordant sounds. "A jangling noise." --Milton.
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Jangling
(gcide) | Jangling \Jan"gling\, n.
1. Idle babbling; vain disputation.
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From which some, having swerved, have turned aside
unto vain jangling. --1 Tim. i. 6.
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2. Wrangling; altercation. --Lamb.
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jangling
(wn) | jangling
adj 1: like the discordant ringing of nonmusical metallic
objects striking together; "cowboys with jangling spurs"
[syn: jangling, jangly] |
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Jangling
(gcide) | Jangle \Jan"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Jangled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Jangling.] [OE. janglen to quarrel, OF. jangler to rail,
quarrel; of Dutch or German origin; cf. D. jangelen, janken,
to whimper, chide, brawl, quarrel.]
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1. To sound harshly or discordantly, as bells out of tune.
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2. To talk idly; to prate; to babble; to chatter; to gossip.
"Thou janglest as a jay." --Chaucer.
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3. To quarrel in words; to altercate; to wrangle.
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Good wits will be jangling; but, gentles, agree.
--Shak.
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Prussian Trenck . . . jargons and jangles in an
unmelodious manner. --Carlyle.
[1913 Webster]Jangling \Jan"gling\, a.
Producing discordant sounds. "A jangling noise." --Milton.
[1913 Webster]Jangling \Jan"gling\, n.
1. Idle babbling; vain disputation.
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From which some, having swerved, have turned aside
unto vain jangling. --1 Tim. i. 6.
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2. Wrangling; altercation. --Lamb.
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