jangle🔊

To cause (something) to make a rattling metallic sound.

To express or say (something) in an argumentative or harsh manner.

(figuratively) To irritate or jar (something).

To make a rattling metallic sound.

(archaic) To speak in an angry or harsh manner.

(archaic) To quarrel verbally; to wrangle.

(Northern England) Of a person: to speak loudly or too much; to chatter, to prate; of a bird: to make a noisy chattering sound.

A rattling metallic sound; a clang.

(figuratively) The sound of people talking noisily.

(figuratively, archaic) Arguing, contention, squabbling.

(music) A sound typified by undistorted, treble-heavy electric guitars, played in a droning chordal style, characteristic of 1960s folk rock and 1980s indie rock music.