v. i.
Good wits will be jangling; but, gentles, agree. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Prussian Trenck . . . jargons and jangles in an unmelodious manner. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To cause to sound harshly or inharmoniously; to produce discordant sounds with. [ 1913 Webster ]
Like sweet bells jangled, out of tune, and harsh. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. OF. jangle. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
The musical jangle of sleigh bells. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. OF. jangleor. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A female prater or babbler. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. OF. janglerie chattering, talk. ] Jangling. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Producing discordant sounds. “A jangling noise.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
From which some, having swerved, have turned aside unto vain jangling. 1 Tim. i. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. like the discordant ringing of nonmusical metallic objects striking together; sounding with a jangle{ 3 };