different between gangle vs jangle
gangle
English
Verb
gangle (third-person singular simple present gangles, present participle gangling, simple past and past participle gangled)
- To move in a manner characteristic of a gangling person
References
- OED 1993 (online)
Anagrams
- naggle
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jangle
English
Etymology
From Middle English janglen (“to talk excessively, chatter, talk idly”), from Old French jangler (“to chatter, gossip, bawl, argue noisily”), perhaps from Frankish *jangelon (“to jeer”) (compare Middle Dutch jangelen (“to whine”)) and ultimately imitative.
The music sense is said to derive from a line in the song Mr. Tambourine Man.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d?æ?.??l/
- Rhymes: -æ???l
Verb
jangle (third-person singular simple present jangles, present participle jangling, simple past and past participle jangled)
- (intransitive) To make a rattling metallic sound.
- (transitive) To cause something to make a rattling metallic sound.
- (transitive) To irritate.
- To quarrel in words; to wrangle.
Translations
Noun
jangle (plural jangles)
- A rattling metallic sound.
- (music, attributive) A sound typically characterized by undistorted, treble-heavy electric guitars, characteristic of 1960s pop.
- Synonym: jingle-jangle
- (obsolete) Idle talk; prate; chatter; babble.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)
Translations
Usage notes
- Somewhat harsher than jingle.
Derived terms
- ajangle
- jangle pop
- jangly
Related terms
- jingle
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