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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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fangle
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fæ?.??l/
- Rhymes: -æ???l
Etymology 1
From Middle English fangelen (verb), from fangel (“inclined to take”, adjective), from Old English *fangol, *fangel (“inclined to take”), from f?n (“to take, seize”). Compare Old English andfangol (“undertaker, contractor”), Old English underfangelnes (“undertaking, hospitality”), Middle English fangen (“to take, seize, catch”), German fangen (“to catch”). More at fang, onfang.
Verb
fangle (third-person singular simple present fangles, present participle fangling, simple past and past participle fangled)
- (obsolete or dialectal) To fashion, manufacture, invent, or create.
- 1641, John Milton, Of Prelatical Episcopacy[1]:
- […] not hereby to control and new fangle the Scripture, God forbid, but to mark how corruption and apostasy crept in by degrees, and to gather up wherever we find the remaining sparks of original truth, […]
- 1641, John Milton, Of Prelatical Episcopacy[1]:
- (obsolete or dialectal) To trim showily; entangle; hang about.
- (obsolete or dialectal) To waste time; trifle.
Usage notes
Although obsolete in general English, the verb is still occasionally used in some regions, and is retained in the expression newfangled.
Derived terms
- fangleness
- newfangle
- newfangled
Etymology 2
Back formation from newfangled (adjective) as if new + fangle (noun). See newfangle.
Noun
fangle (plural fangles)
- (obsolete) A prop; a taking up; a new thing.
- Something newly fashioned; a novelty, a new fancy.
- A foolish innovation; a gewgaw; a trifling ornament.
- A conceit; whim.
Anagrams
- flange
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