MEANING
1. Produce a sequence of light metallic ringing sounds.
2. A brief, memorable tune or rhyme, often used in advertising.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- keys jingle
- bells jingle
On the page
Her keys jingled as she hurried down the stairs.
Word forms
- Base
- jingle
- Past tense
- jingled
- Past participle
- jingled
- Present participle
- jingling
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- jingle
- Present continuous
- am/is/are jingling
- Present perfect
- have/has jingled
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been jingling
- Past
- jingled
- Past continuous
- was/were jingling
- Past perfect
- had jingled
- Past perfect continuous
- had been jingling
- Future
- will jingle
- Future continuous
- will be jingling
- Future perfect
- will have jingled
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been jingling
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Explore related collections
Usage notes
Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: jingle; jingles; jingled; jingled; jingling. Noun singular jingle; plural jingles. 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: jingles.
Practice this word in a sentenceYour margin notes
Keep a thought for later. Sign in to save privately.