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Definition: Jangly |
JanglyAdjective1. Like the discordant ringing of nonmusical metallic objects striking together; "cowboys with jangling spurs". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: JanglySynonym: jangling (adj). (additional references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Lyrics | At the blasphemy in my old jangly walk (Thirty-Three; performing artist: The smashing pumpkins) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| "Jangly" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 50.00% of the time. "Jangly" is used about 6 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 |
| Adverb (general) | 50% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 50% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 6 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "jangly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Manx | jingleyragh (jangle, wrangling), ganglaneagh (bickering). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | anglyjay | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-g-j-l-n-y" | |
-2 letters: agly, lang, yang. | |
-3 letters: any, gal, gan, gay, jag, jay, lag, lay, nag, nay. | |
-4 letters: ag, al, an, ay, la, na, ya. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-g-j-l-n-y" | |
+2 letters: japingly. | |
+3 letters: jarringly. | |
+4 letters: conjugally, jaywalking. | |
+5 letters: conjugality, conjugately. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4A 61 6E 67 6C 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--- .- -. --. .-.. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001010 01100001 01101110 01100111 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)J a n g l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004A 0061 006E 0067 006C 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)446780737891 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Anagrams 7. Orthography 8. Bibliography |
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