different between jargle vs dargle

English

Etymology

Compare Old Swedish jerga (“to repeat angrily, to brawl”), Icelandic jarg (“tedious iteration”), French jargonner (“to talk jargon”). See jargon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d????(?)??l/

Verb

jargle (third-person singular simple present jargles, present participle jargling, simple past and past participle jargled)

1. (obsolete) To emit a harsh or discordant sound.
   • c. 1600, Joseph Hall, Satires

     Thy mother could thee for thy cradle set / Her husband's rusty iron corselet; / Whose jargling sound might rock her babe to rest, / That never plain'd of his uneasy nest.

   • 1908, Jean Louis De Esque, Betelguese, a trip through hell

     Where syrt sucks jargling javels mad

English

Etymology

From the River Dargle, a popular spot for such trips.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(?)??l

Noun

dargle (plural dargles)

1. (Ireland, dated, Dublin) a day excursion, a picnic out of the city
   • Early 1900s, Traditional, Waxies' Dargle (song)

     Says my aul' one to your aul' one "Will ye come to the Waxies' dargle?"

Anagrams

• Gardel, Gerald, Legrad, glared, redgal