*jin*

‖ n.; pl. djinn r djinns A spirit believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals. Same as djinni and Jinnee. See Jinnee, Jinn.
Syn. -- genie, jinn, jinni, jinnee, djinn, djinni. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Hind. jangāl a swivel, a large musket. ] A small portable piece of ordnance, mounted on a swivel. [ Written also gingal and jingall. ] [ India ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ OE. gingelen, ginglen; prob. akin to E. chink; cf. also E. jangle. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To sound with a fine, sharp, rattling, clinking, or tinkling sound; as, sleigh bells jingle. [ Written also gingle. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To rhyme or sound with a jingling effect. “Jingling street ballads.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Jingled p. pr. & vb. n. Jingling ] To cause to give a sharp metallic sound as a little bell, or as coins shaken together; to tinkle. [ 1913 Webster ]

The bells she jingled, and the whistle blew. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A rattling, clinking, or tinkling sound, as of little bells or pieces of metal. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which makes a jingling sound, as a rattle. [ 1913 Webster ]

If you plant where savages are, do not only entertain them with trifles and jingles, but use them justly. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A correspondence of sound in rhymes, especially when the verse has little merit; hence, a rhyming verse of no poetical merit. “ The least jingle of verse.” Guardian.
The verses used in commercial advertisements are often called jingles, especially when sung. [ 1913 Webster ]

Jingle shell. See Gold shell (b), under Gold. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, jingles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or process of producing a jingle; also, the sound itself; a chink. “The jingling of the guinea.” Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. So as to jingle. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Jingoes [ Said to be a corruption of St. Gingoulph. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A word used as a jocular oath. “By the living jingo.” Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A statesman who pursues, or who favors, aggressive, domineering policy in foreign affairs; a bellicose superpatriot or chavinist. [ Cant, Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

☞ This sense arose from a doggerel song which was popular during the Turco-Russian war of 1877 and 1878. The first two lines were as follows: -- [ 1913 Webster ] We don't want to fight, but by Jingo if we do,
We 've got the ships, we 've got the men, we 've got the money too. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The policy of the Jingoes, so called. See Jingo, 2. [ Cant, Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: A bellicose patriotism; aggressive chauvinism; belligerence in international relations. [ PJC ]

n. One who is jingoistic; a bellicose patriot; an extreme bellicose nationalist; an aggressive chauvinist.
Syn. -- chauvinist, jingo, flag-waver, hundred-percenter. [ WordNet 1.5 + PJC ]

a. 1. fanatically and bellicosely patriotic; aggressively chauvinistic; belligerent in international relations.
Syn. -- chauvinistic, flag-waving(prenominal), nationalistic, superpatriotic. [ PJC ]

2. Given to expressing partisan sentiments in slogans, especially belligerently patriotic views. [ PJC ]

v. i. [ Cf. Jig, v. i. ] 1. To move quickly, esp. with a sudden turn; hence, to dodge; to escape by a quick turn; -- obs. or dial., except as a hunting term in pig-sticking. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. (Card Playing) In the games of spoilfive and forty-five, to win the game by taking all five tricks; also, to play to win all five tricks, losing what has been already won if unsuccessful. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. noisy and mischievous merrymaking.
Syn. -- high jinks, hijinks. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ , n. See Jinnee. “Solomon is said to have had power over the jin.” Balfour (Cyc. of India). [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Jinn [ Ar. ] (Arabian & Muslim Myth.) A genius or demon; one of the fabled genii, good and evil spirits, supposed to be the children of fire, and to have the power of assuming various forms. [ Written also djinnee, genie, etc. ]
Syn. -- jinn; jin; djinn. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Jinn is also used as sing., with pl. jinns [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Cf. Gin an engine, Ginnycarriage. ] (Mining) An inclined road in a coal mine, on which loaded cars descend by gravity, drawing up empty ones. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Jap. jin man + riki power + sha carriage. ] A small, two-wheeled, hooded vehicle drawn by one or more men. [ Japan ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A person, object, influence, or supernatural being which is supposed to bring bad luck or to cause things to go wrong. [ Slang ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. To bring bad luck to; to cause to malfunction or go wrong; as, some superstitious people are reluctant to predict success for fear it will jinx them. [ Slang ] [ PJC ]