Definition of jingle

• v. i. - To sound with a fine, sharp, rattling, clinking, or tinkling sound; as, sleigh bells jingle.
• v. i. - To rhyme or sound with a jingling effect.
• v. t. - To cause to give a sharp metallic sound as a little bell, or as coins shaken together; to tinkle.
• n. - A rattling, clinking, or tinkling sound, as of little bells or pieces of metal.
• n. - That which makes a jingling sound, as a rattle.
• n. - A correspondence of sound in rhymes, especially when the verse has little merit; hence, the verse itself.