Definitions
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- adjective that
jingles , having ajingling sound.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having a series of high-pitched ringing sounds like many small bells
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Examples
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We saw the belly dancers again this year, and they were pretty; I want jingly things!
LOOK AHEAD '09! tragic_elegance 2009
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And most everyone on the crew received trinkets - necklaces, matching jingly bracelets and earrings, sweet perfume - from his annual trip back home to Cairo.
The man who would greet 'The Press' Jason Horowitz 2011
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And if the person who presents the poetry to them is skillful and loves poetry herself, it is surprising how much kids can get out of poetry — not just the jingly-jangly verse or the stuff that panders to their obsession with subjects parents would rather not discuss in polite company, but serious subjects on deep themes.
Chicken Spaghetti: 2009
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And if the person who presents the poetry to them is skillful and loves poetry herself, it is surprising how much kids can get out of poetry — not just the jingly-jangly verse or the stuff that panders to their obsession with subjects parents would rather not discuss in polite company, but serious subjects on deep themes.
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I love Lily and her purple plastic purse, not to mention those jingly quarters.
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Although I was left with strange neurological bells and whistles—jingly nerve endings, tired, locked muscles, twitchy connections—it seemed a minuscule price to pay for being able to walk unassisted again.
The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008
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Although I was left with strange neurological bells and whistles—jingly nerve endings, tired, locked muscles, twitchy connections—it seemed a minuscule price to pay for being able to walk unassisted again.
The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008
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I just took the comforting, a kitten enjoying the moment before trotting off to bat a jingly ball.
Vivian Rising Daniella Brodsky 2010
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Thats really rather wionderful HG I only knew the last line which, I daresay because of its subsequent history, has a jingly note now out of keeping with the rest of the verse
Rye Recollections Newmania 2008
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Kitteh sikritly massermynded teh loozing ob teh jingly glittery fings, az teh nawmurgl play toys aer boring.
Wotz it saing? Sumthin - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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