MEANING
1. To make a harsh, irregular series of ringing sounds.
2. To unsettle or irritate the nerves.
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Words that belong together
- keys jangle
- jangling bells
On the page
The keys jangled as he searched for the lock.
Word forms
- Base
- jangle
- Past tense
- jangled
- Past participle
- jangled
- Present participle
- jangling
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- jangle
- Present continuous
- am/is/are jangling
- Present perfect
- have/has jangled
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been jangling
- Past
- jangled
- Past continuous
- was/were jangling
- Past perfect
- had jangled
- Past perfect continuous
- had been jangling
- Future
- will jangle
- Future continuous
- will be jangling
- Future perfect
- will have jangled
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been jangling
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Usage notes
Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: jangle; jangles; jangled; jangled; jangling Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: jangles.
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