JANGLE

v. n.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To sound harshly or discordantly, as bells out of tune.

2.
v.

To talk idly; to prate; to babble; to chatter; to gossip. "Thou janglest as a jay." Chaucer.

3.
v.

To quarrel in words; to altercate; to wrangle. Good wits will be jangling; but, gentles, agree. Shak. Prussian Trenck . . . jargons and jangles in an unmelodious manner. Carlyle.

4.
v.

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

5.
n.

Idle talk; prate; chatter; babble. Chaucer.

6.
n.

Discordant sound; wrangling. The musical jangle of sleigh bells. Longfellow.

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