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as in ballad
a short musical composition for the human voice often with instrumental accompaniment
loved that jingle in the commercial for the fast-food place
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Recent Examples of jingle
Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Nov. 2025
No style, no flavor, just a whole lot of blue and a forgettable jingle.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2025
Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 4 Dec. 2025
Some say his spurs are still jingling down the hallway, chasing after her.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Add a festive jingle to your Christmas table centerpiece with a big bowl of silver and gold bells.
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If this jolly margarita of the month is on your wishlist, jingle all the way to Chili’s.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for jingle
Noun
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The gift basket included items such as a rattle, books, swaddles, and a blanket, along with other essentials for new parents.—
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Silver engraving, masks, totem poles, rattles, prints.—
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In the ballad, the hero is betrayed by his cousin, who bleeds him too severely while administering a blood-letting cure.—
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The music video for the ballad, included on the deluxe edition of Cyrus's Something Beautiful, depicts Cyrus in a sculptural Iris van Herpen look that screams avant-garde.—
Verb
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So the pair took a romp through wine country for Christina’s birthday, clinking glasses at Progeny Winery in Napa Valley and Restoration Hardware in Yountville.—
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Later on, the younger kids in bed, a gathering of lawn chairs, clinking ice, and summer crickets or cicadas, frogs, whatever, Ray, what is that?—
Noun
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The hot sizzle of the wok, the clatter of pans, add a righteous soundtrack to the meal.—
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And the dining room, with its dim lighting and lack of music, offered little distraction from the clatter of silverware.—
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But thanks to some small wardrobe issues and then some bigger mic issues — and the biggest issue of it just not entirely connecting — the song was a flop.—
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Both in California and Iowa, many Jesus People were certain the events depicted in Larry Norman’s song would occur in either 1981 or 1988.—
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Eerie chants, tinkling percussion, zany strings, and plucky swelling piano.—
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The soothing, deeply resonant humming of the bowls and sparkling tinkling of chimes filled the room.—
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The dramatic arc of the film’s first half — filled with the ecstasy of God’s embrace and the agony of imprisonment — is told through musical numbers, adapted from the Shakers’ ecstatic worship, dance, hymns, and music (watch the video above to learn more).—
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The Christmas hymn was originally intended for a choir with a string quartet, percussion and piano, but Amato picked out a solo piano version of the piece written by musician Dan Forrest.—
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Chants of peace rang out around the California Capitol Sunday as hundreds of people rallied in support of Cambodia amid tensions with neighboring country Thailand.—
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Elsewhere in the city, loud bangs rang out and agents fired pepper balls at a much smaller crowd of protesters outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, where demonstrators have been confronting ICE agents during daily protests.—
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“Jingle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jingle. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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