Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - jangle
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Jangle
jangle
(jangles, jangling, jangled) 1. When objects strike against each other and make an unpleasant ringing noise, you can say that they jangle or are jangled. Her bead necklaces and bracelets jangled as she walked... Jane took out her keys and jangled them. VERB: V, V n 2. If your nerves are jangling or if something jangles them, you are very anxious. Behind that quietness his nerves are jangling, he’s in a terrible state... The caffeine in coffee can jangle the nerves. VERB: V, V n
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I. verb (~d; jangling) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French ~r, of Germanic origin; akin to Middle Dutch jangelen to grumble Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. to talk idly 2. to quarrel verbally 3. to make a harsh or discordant often ringing sound keys jangling in my pocket transitive verb 1. to utter or sound in a discordant, babbling, or chattering way 2. a. to cause to sound harshly or inharmoniously b. to excite to tense irritation ~d nerves • ~r noun II. noun Date: 14th century 1. idle talk 2. noisy quarreling 3. a discordant often ringing sound the ~ of spurs ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v. & n. --v. 1 intr. & tr. make, or cause (a bell etc.) to make, a harsh metallic sound. 2 tr. irritate (the nerves etc.) by discordant sound or speech etc. --n. a harsh metallic sound. Etymology: ME f. OF jangler, of uncert. orig. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. резкий звук 2. нестройный шум голосов 3. перезвон колоколов 4. уст. ам. ссора, спор 5. издавать резкие, нестройные звуки; бренчать; нестройно звучать she jangled her pots and pans —- она гремела посудой 6. раздражать, расстраивать the whine of the motors jangled his nerves —- вой моторов действовал ему на нервы 7. уст. ам. спорить, браниться ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) резкий звук; гул, гам, слитый шум голосов; нестройный звон колоколов 2) obs. пререкания, ссора, спор 2. v. 1) издавать резкие, нестройные звуки; нестройно звучать 2) шумно, резко говорить 3) obs. спорить, пререкаться to jangle on someones ears/nerves - играть на нервах ...Англо-русский словарь
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~ v 1 if metal objects or bells jangle or if you jangle them, they make a sharp sound when they hit each other (jangling bracelets) 2 also jangle on T usually passive to make someone feel nervous or upset (jangled nerves) - jangle n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- c.1300, from O.Fr. jangler "to chatter," from Frank. *jangelon "to jeer" (cf. M.Du. jangelen "to whine"). Meaning of "make harsh noise" is late 15c. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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