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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
Ruhama Wolle, Glamour, 26 Mar. 2025
Trend #7: Catchy jingles and theme songs for product videos are easier to produce.
—Elaine Pofeldt, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Jim Asker, Billboard, 31 Dec. 2024
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
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Noun
This is maximalism for the wrists, and the jingle is the soundtrack.
—Ruhama Wolle, Glamour, 26 Mar. 2025
Trend #7: Catchy jingles and theme songs for product videos are easier to produce.
—Elaine Pofeldt, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Verb
The Decca Christmas Recordings jingles 19-15, surpassing its prior No. 17 high – and marking a new best rank for Lee over her 61-plus-year span of appearing on the chart.
—Jim Asker, Billboard, 31 Dec. 2024
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jingle
Noun
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Shaking and rolling helps develop hand-eye coordination and promotes dexterity, and one parent tester appreciated the wooden rattle’s ability to foster independent play for her baby.—
Pamela Brill,
Parents,
22 May 2025
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This means the rattles were likely part of their regular production, and may have been sold on the market along with cups and bowls.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
20 May 2025
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The spiritual power ballad also drew 918,000 official U.S. streams in the tracking week.—
Jim Asker,
Billboard,
28 May 2025
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Dropped with enough time to reach the Billboard charts before fans rush to buy and stream the full-length, the ballad sadly didn’t perform very well via any major metric.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2025
Verb
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Jiayi Li Listen to this article · 9:35 min Learn more By Emma Goldberg April 12, 2025 On Instagram feeds, martini glasses clink in what feels like a never-ending loop.—
Emma Goldberg,
New York Times,
12 Apr. 2025
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To show that behind the wine glasses clinking in celebration, there are also tears, fears and moments of reckoning.—
Jessica Guerrieri,
People.com,
9 May 2025
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No 9, a physical presence up top who wears his shorts like a 1980s Rugby League player and clatters into opponents with a ferocity to match.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
4 Apr. 2025
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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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However, Friday’s rendition marked the first time Bieber and SZA had performed the song together onstage.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
24 May 2025
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The two songs had been locked in second place on the list of the longest-running No. 1s in the history of the Hot Rap Songs chart.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2025
Verb
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The background music, pleasantly tinkled nightly by a real person sitting at a real piano, mixes in pop melodies alongside the Broadway classics and jazz standards.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
18 May 2025
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Another smaller-scale way to protect plants is to strategically redirect your pet's attention, especially if they're tempted to tinkle in the garden.—
Maddie Topliff,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 May 2025
Noun
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Seated on a stool with an acoustic guitar and surrounded by a semi-circle of 11 ace musicians, Simon delivered ruminations, deliberations and hymns via soft, deceivingly casual phrasings.—
Bob Gendron,
Chicago Tribune,
22 May 2025
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The service of hymns and prayer will be followed by a memorial roll call of members of the armed services who died in active duty.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 May 2025
Verb
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After the dives, the team held a remembrance ceremony on board Atlantis, ringing a bell 19 times — one for each crew member lost at sea.—
Stephen Smith,
CBS News,
24 May 2025
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Rights groups are ringing the alarm, saying it’s become standard procedure increasingly used in the war.—
Sam Mednick,
Chicago Tribune,
24 May 2025
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“Jingle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jingle. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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