Jan"gle (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Jangled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Jangling (?).] [OE. janglen to quarrel, OF. jangler to rail, quarrel; of Dutch or German origin; cf. D. jangelen, janken, to whimper, chide, brawl, quarrel.]
1.
To sound harshly or discordantly, as bells out of tune.
2.
To talk idly; to prate; to babble; to chatter; to gossip.
"Thou
janglest as a jay."
Chaucer.
3.
To quarrel in words; to altercate; to wrangle.
Good wits will be jangling; but, gentles, agree.
Shak.
Prussian Trenck . . . jargons and jangles in an unmelodious manner.
Carlyle.
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Jan"gle, v. t.
To cause to sound harshly or inharmoniously; to produce discordant sounds with.
Like sweet bells jangled, out of tune, and harsh.
Shak.
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Jan"gle, n. [Cf. OF.jangle.]
1.
Idle talk; prate; chatter; babble.
Chaucer.
2.
Discordant sound; wrangling.
The musical jangle of sleigh bells.
Longfellow.
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