\Jin"gle\, v. i. [OE. gingelen, ginglen; prob. akin to E.
chink; cf. also E. jangle.]
1. To sound with a fine, sharp, rattling, clinking, or
   tinkling sound; as, sleigh bells jingle. [Written also
   {gingle}.]
2. To rhyme or sound with a jingling effect. ``Jingling
   street ballads.'' --Macaulay.

\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.
      The bells she jingled, and the whistle blew. -- Pope.

\Jin"gle\, n.
1. A rattling, clinking, or tinkling sound, as of little
   bells or pieces of metal.
2. That which makes a jingling sound, as a rattle.
         If you plant where savages are, do not only
         entertain them with trifles and jingles,but use them
         justly.                               -- Bacon.
3. A correspondence of sound in rhymes, especially when the
   verse has little merit; hence, the verse itself.`` The
   least jingle of verse.'' --Guardian.
{Jingle shell}. See {Gold shell}
   (b), under {Gold}.