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  1.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    Jingle \Jin"gle\, 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]

  2.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    Jingle \Jin"gle\, 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]

  3.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    Jingle \Jin"gle\, 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.

    Note: 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]