Jangling

Definition: Jangling

Jangling

Adjective

1. Like the discordant ringing of nonmusical metallic objects striking together; "cowboys with jangling spurs".

Date "jangling" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1594. (references)

Synonym: Jangling

Synonym: jangly (adj). (additional references)

Crosswords: Jangling

English words defined with "jangling": Janglery, jangly. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Jingling, Jangling Joggers (Read-To-Me) (reference) Various jangling keys (reference) (more book examples)
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Play	Caption
	Three reverberating, jangling tones; clangor; clanking.
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Author	Date	Quotation
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.	1963	With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1961)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Jangling" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 71.93% of the time. "Jangling" is used about 57 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (-ing form)	71.93%	41	53,521
Adjective (general or positive)	15.79%	9	117,287
Noun (singular)	12.28%	7	133,076
Total	100.00%	57	N/A

Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "jangling": nerve-jangling.
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Language		Translations for "jangling"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
French		sonnaille. (various references)

German		polternd (blustering, rumbling), keifend (nagging). (various references)

Manx		jingleyrys (wrangling). (various references)

Pig Latin		anglingjay

Spanish		estridente (blatant, brassy, harsh, loud, raucous, screaming, shrill, strident, unpleasant-sounding). (various references)

Swedish		oljud (ado, Charivari, din, jangle, noise). (various references)

Ukrainian		що бряжчіть. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Date	Source	1 Timothy Chapter 1, Verse 6
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Wn tineV astochsanteV exetraphsan eiV mataiologian
Latin	405	Vulgate	A quibus quidam aberrantes conversi sunt in vaniloquium
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	Fro whiche thingis sum men han errid, and ben turned in to veyn speche;
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	Fro the which thinges some have erred and have turned vnto vayne iangelinge
Jacobean English	1611	King James	From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling;
Victorian English	1833	Webster	From which some having swerved, have turned aside to vain jangling;
Basic English	1964	Ogden	From which some have been turned away, giving themselves to foolish talking;
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Language	1 Timothy Chapter 1, Verse 6
Cebuano	Adunay pipila ka mga tawo nga tungod sa ilang paghitipas gikan niining mga butanga nahisalaag ngadto sa walay kapuslanan nga mga pagtabi,
Chinese	有人偏離這些、反去講虛浮的話．
Croatian	To su neki promašili i zastranili u praznorjeèje;
Danish	hvorfra nogle ere afvegne og have vendt sig til intetsigende Snak,
Dutch	Van dewelke sommigen afgeweken zijnde, zich gewend hebben tot ijdelspreking;
Finnish	Muutamat ovat hairahtuneet niistä pois ja poikenneet turhiin jaarituksiin,
French	Quelques-uns, s`étant détournés de ces choses, se sont égarés dans de vains discours;
German	wovon etliche sind abgeirrt und haben sich umgewandt zu unnützem Geschwätz,
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Ada sebagian orang yang sudah tidak hidup seperti itu lagi, dan tersesat dalam perdebatan-perdebatan yang tidak ada gunanya.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	maka ada beberapa orang yang menyimpang daripada perkara ini, lalu berpaling kepada pertuturan yang sia-sia,
Italian	Proprio deviando da questa linea, alcuni si sono volti a fatue verbosit� ,
Latvian	No tâ daþi nomaldîjuðies un pievçrsuðies tukðvârdîbai.
Maori	Kapea ake enei e etahi, kotiti ke ana ki nga korero teka noa;
Norwegian	Fra dette har nogen faret vill og vendt sig bort til tomt snakk,
Portuguese	das quais coisas alguns se desviaram, e se entregaram a discursos vãos,
Rumanian	Unii, fiindcq s`au depqrtat de aceste lucruri, au rqtqcit wi s`au apucat de flecqrii.
Russian	ПФ ЮЕЗП ПФУФХ� ЙЧ, ОЕЛПФПТЩЕ ХЛМПОЙМЙУШ Ч � ХУФПУМПЧЙЕ,
Shuar	Chíkich shuar juna iniaisar ántar chichaman áujmatainiawai.
Spanish	Algunos de ellos, habiéndose desviado, se apartaron en pos de vanas palabrerías,
Swahili	Watu wengine wamepotoka na kugeukia majadiliano yasiyo na maana.
Swedish	Från dessa stycken hava somliga farit vilse och vänt sin håg till fåfängligt tal --
Uma	Ria-ra ba hangkuja dua tauna to uma-pi mpotuku' ohea toe. Meleli' -ramo ngkai ohea to makono, pai' -ra ntora mpololita lolita to uma ria kalaua-na.
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Misspellings
	"Jangling" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Jangali, janglings, Jinging, Jungling. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-g-g-i-j-l-n-n"
	-1 letter: angling.
	-2 letters: gingal, jingal.
	-3 letters: aging, algin, align, liang, ligan, linga, ninja.
	-4 letters: agin, anil, gain, gang, giga, glia, jagg, jail, jinn, lain, lang, ling, linn, nail.
	-5 letters: ail, ain, ani, gag, gal, gan, gig, gin, inn, jag, jig, jin, lag, lin, nag, nan, nil.
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