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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
References
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rumpus
English
Etymology
1764, of unknown origin, "prob. a fanciful formation" [OED], possibly an alteration of robustious "boisterous, noisy".
Noun
rumpus (plural rumpuses)
- A noisy, sometimes violent disturbance; noise and confusion; a quarrel.
- (New Zealand) A rumpus room.
Synonyms
- ruckus, turmoil
Translations
See also
- romp
Latin
Etymology
Unknown.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?rum.pus/, [?r?mp?s?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?rum.pus/, [?rumpus]
Noun
rumpus m (genitive rump?); second declension
- A vine branch
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Synonyms
- tr?dux
Derived terms
- rump?tin?tum
- rump?tinus
References
- rumpus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- rumpus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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