Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Jangling"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Jangle \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Jangling \Jan"gling\, a.
Producing discordant sounds. ``A jangling noise.'' --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Jangling \Jan"gling\, n.
1. Idle babbling; vain disputation.
From which some, having swerved, have turned aside
unto vain jangling. --1 Tim. i. 6.
2. Wrangling; altercation. --Lamb.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
jangling
adj : like the discordant ringing of nonmusical metallic objects
striking together; "cowboys with jangling spurs" [syn:
{jangly}]
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