ˈjingle-ˈjangle, n.
[Varied reduplication of jingle: cf. dilly-dally, dingle-dangle, ding-dong, clink-clank, etc.]
a. An alternating jingle of sounds; a sentence or verse characterized by this. b. Something that makes a continuous and alternating jingle; a jingling ornament or trinket.
| 1640 King & poore North. Man 179 in Hazl. E.P.P. IV. 300 With so many jingle jangles about ones necke, as is about yours. 1694 Motteux Rabelais v. vii. (1737) 22 The everlasting Jingle Jangle of the Bells. 1851 Hawthorne Twice-told T. II. xii. 191 The variety of rapid vehicles; and the jingle jangle of merry bells. 1864 N. Brit. Rev. Dec. 432 It was then he [Caracalla] made use of his famous jingle-jangle..‘Inter Divos? Sit Divus..dummodo non sit vivus’: Let him [Geta] be a god, but don't let him live. |
So ˈjingle-ˈjangle v., to jingle with alternation of sounds; to proceed with such jingling.
| 1899 Westm. Gaz. 13 Feb. 3/1 Such a paltry collection of commonplace tunes, handled clumsily, as jingle-jangles and drums its way through the piece. |