different between jangle vs shouting

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)

1. (intransitive) To make a rattling metallic sound.
2. (transitive) To cause something to make a rattling metallic sound.
3. (transitive) To irritate.

4. To quarrel in words; to wrangle.

Translations

Noun

jangle (plural jangles)

1. A rattling metallic sound.
2. (music, attributive) A sound typically characterized by undistorted, treble-heavy electric guitars, characteristic of 1960s pop.

   Synonym: jingle-jangle

3. (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

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??a?t??/
• Rhymes: -a?t??

Noun

shouting (plural shoutings)

1. The action of the verb to shout.

Verb

shouting

1. present participle of shout

Anagrams

• houtings, southing