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jingling

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What does jingling mean?

noun

  1. The sound made by something that jingles.
  2. An old parlour game in which blindfolded players within a ring attempted to catch another player to whom a bell was tied.

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of jingle

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At last his squaw ran out, and he after her, round the wigwam, with his money jingling at his knees.
Mary White RowlandsonNarrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary RowlandsonProject Gutenberg ebook #851
Their sabers catching in the bridles and their spurs jingling, the hussars hastily dismounted, not knowing what they were to do.
Leo, graf TolstoyWar and PeaceTranslated by Aylmer Maude; Louise MaudeProject Gutenberg ebook #2600
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Behind sits a business-looking person - usually a Jew - jingling a handful of medjedis, and expectantly eyeing every approaching stranger.
Thomas StevensAround the World on a Bicycle - Volume I From San Francisco to TeheranProject Gutenberg ebook #5136
All day they swung up and down the main street in long teams, and in the night their jingling bells still went by.
Jack LondonThe call of the wildProject Gutenberg ebook #215
It is beside the bed, in the corners of offices, awaiting you at meals, jingling down the passages of hotels, bubbling in the streets.
E. V. (Edward Verrall) LucasRoving East and Roving WestProject Gutenberg ebook #7237