gingle

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gingle - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Gingle \Gin"gle\, n. & v. [Obs.]
     See Jingle.
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  Jingle \Jin"gle\, v. i. [OE. gingelen, ginglen; prob. akin to E.
     chink; cf. also E. jangle.]
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     1. To sound with a fine, sharp, rattling, clinking, or
        tinkling sound; as, sleigh bells jingle. [Written also
        gingle.]
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     2. To rhyme or sound with a jingling effect. "Jingling street
        ballads." --Macaulay.
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