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   Jan·gle

   /ˈjaNGɡ(ə)l/

   

   verb

   • 1. make or cause to make a ringing metallic sound, typically a discordant one: "a bell jangled loudly" Similar clankclinkjingletinkledingpingclangclashclatterrattlevibrateringchimerare:tintinnabulate
   • ▪ (with reference to nerves) set on edge: "a thirty-eight point game that jangled the nerves" Similar grate onjar onirritatedisturbassaultfrayraspput/set on edgeshredrub rawtestrattlestretch tightwreak havoc oninformal:get on

   noun

   • 1. a ringing metallic sound: "the jangle of a telephone"

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘talk excessively or noisily, squabble’): from Old French jangler, of unknown origin.

   Derivatives

   • 1. jangly adjective

   Scrabble Points: 14

   • J

     8

   • A

     1

   • N

     1

   • G

     2

   • L

     1

   • E

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