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as in ballad
a short musical composition for the human voice often with instrumental accompaniment
loved that jingle in the commercial for the fast-food place
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Recent Examples of jingle
A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 7 Mar. 2025
While some transitions still use generic one-liner jingles, the addition of real pop and R&B love songs in the episodes is something the franchise has never done before — and hard to ignore while watching.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 15 Feb. 2025
Gael Langdon, arkansasonline.com, 24 Dec. 2024
Clarkson’s tune jingles its way from No. 12 to No. 10, entering the top 10 for the first time, years after it was first released.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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Noun
Along with busying themselves doing studio work for commercial ad jingles and sessions with Ben E. King, Roy Ayers and Esther Phillips, Alomar played as part of the Apollo Theater’s house band.
—A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 7 Mar. 2025
While some transitions still use generic one-liner jingles, the addition of real pop and R&B love songs in the episodes is something the franchise has never done before — and hard to ignore while watching.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 15 Feb. 2025
Verb
Shoppers find last-minute Christmas gifts at area businesses Bells jingled on shop doors as people wandered in and out of stores searching for last-minute gifts on Christmas Eve in Northwest Arkansas.
—Gael Langdon, arkansasonline.com, 24 Dec. 2024
Clarkson’s tune jingles its way from No. 12 to No. 10, entering the top 10 for the first time, years after it was first released.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jingle
Noun
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Nailing a loose floorboard into the joist below should eliminate the rattle or squeak.—
Clark Hodgin,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Researchers also found a wooden rattle that was used as a gas alarm in the crater of a bomb explosion.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
4 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The pop ballad, which helped kick off his own career years ago, is back in a huge way.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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But the emotional disconnect is impossible to overcome in a show that's almost entirely sentimental ballads.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
7 Apr. 2025
Verb
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As seen in a video shared on X by royal reporter Rebecca English, the King and Queen clinked their drinks together before sipping it down in one go.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
19 Mar. 2025
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But hey, the man clearly loves love and clinks his champagne glass until the happy couple performs another painful-looking kiss.—
Sara Netzley,
EW.com,
4 Feb. 2025
Noun
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There were hits with a bamboo clatter stick, which projects a rattling sound.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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The solid construction of this slick pair of cans combines with the brand’s excellent adaptive noise-canceling technology to block out almost all the ambient clatter in your environment.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
26 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The sixteen-time Grammy Award-winner has written original songs for the new Broadway comedy, which brings animator Max Fleischer's iconic cartoon character Betty Boop to the stage.—
Dave Quinn,
People.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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Together, the Beatles wrote more than 300 songs, were nominated for 25 Grammy Awards, won eight, and starred in five movies.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
6 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Shaking the capsules produces audio signals that range from rattling stones, over tinkling coins to swooshing sand.—
Erico Guizzo,
IEEE Spectrum,
5 Oct. 2018
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Jeff Goldblum tinkled the ivories during a moving In Memoriam section at the BAFTA Film Awards.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
16 Feb. 2025
Noun
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A lot of hymns and negro spirituals are communication.—
H. Alan Scott,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Mar. 2025
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The pair sang along to hymns and the UK’s national anthem, and smiled while watching the performances.—
Lauren Said-Moorhouse,
CNN,
10 Mar. 2025
Verb
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For a player who’s as aggressive down the field as Ward tends to be, that rings even truer.—
Derrik Klassen,
The Athletic,
25 Mar. 2025
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When World Series tickets went on sale to the non-season-ticket-holding public, thousands ringed Fenway Park for a shot at the leftovers.—
Bill Speros,
Boston Herald,
23 Mar. 2025
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“Jingle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jingle. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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