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.
Jan"gle, v. t. To cause to sound
harshly or inharmoniously; to produce discordant sounds
with.
Like sweet bells jangled, out of tune, and
harsh.
Shak.
Jan"gle, n. [Cf. OF.
jangle.]
1. Idle talk; prate; chatter; babble.
Chaucer.
2. Discordant sound; wrangling.
The musical jangle of sleigh
bells.
Longfellow.
