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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
Ella Jeffries, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 June 2025
Fans swapped old Snack Wrap ad jingles in Discord servers.
—Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
Dan Mangan, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2025
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
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Noun
Schwartz once made an experimental montage blending a Coca-Cola jingle with soundbites from Richard Nixon’s Watergate speeches, an evocative and surreal sonic collage that captured the contradictions of American life.
—Ella Jeffries, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 June 2025
Fans swapped old Snack Wrap ad jingles in Discord servers.
—Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
Verb
The video includes footage of a set of handcuffs and chains jingling as they are pulled from a basket containing other shackles and then laid out on the airport tarmac next to four other sets of restraints.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jingle
Noun
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Baby rattlesnakes don’t have rattles, and adult snakes’ rattles occasionally break off, according to the National Park Service.—
Hannah Poukish,
Sacbee.com,
29 June 2025
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Trains going into and out of the city’s main station rattle past its rooftop playground and restaurant.—
Lily Radziemski,
New York Times,
29 May 2025
Noun
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The crowd sang along with the musicians to the 2004 ballad.—
Marina Watts,
People.com,
14 July 2025
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The elegiac ballad, released in 2022, comes at a moment of release for Jessica (Megan Stalter), who had just broken up with her boyfriend, Felix (Will Sharpe), when her dog unexpectedly died.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
13 July 2025
Verb
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In the final moments of the broadcast, she was shown clinking glasses with Jay-Z as his wife, Beyoncé, accepted the night's top honor, album of the year, for the first time.—
Alexis Simmerman,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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In the crowd, her husband, Jay-Z, clinked glasses with fellow nominee Taylor Swift.—
Melonee Hurt,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
Noun
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Bowling balls rumbled down lanes, followed by the clatter of pins.—
Dateline NBC,
NBC news,
18 June 2025
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The chants outside the Islamic Republic embassy, the clatter of Persian tea glasses at gatherings of dissidents in our cramped government housing, the news of bombings and assassinations that stole friends and fellow dreamers.—
Nazanin Boniadi,
Time,
17 June 2025
Noun
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His son, Ralph Taylor III, who was autistic and communicated mostly by song, died on the floor of the bedroom.—
Ashley Luthern,
jsonline.com,
24 July 2025
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Many viewers criticized the artist for relying too heavily on the audience to carry the song.—
Daysia Tolentino,
EW.com,
23 July 2025
Verb
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The sound of the water tinkling on the fountain’s bronze statues makes my heart flutter.—
Laura Washington,
Chicago Tribune,
9 July 2025
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This was a trial that would surely force many SUVs and pick-ups to tinkle a puddle of oil in fear—a steep volcano climb.—
Matthew MacConnell,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
Noun
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Their journey continued to Caen and the Normandy region, and included a visit to the beaches and to the Normandy American Cemetery to sing our national anthem and hymns, and also to lay a wreath.—
Tom Strong,
Chicago Tribune,
13 July 2025
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The bill drew the most heated public protests of the legislative session, with protestors often shutting down committee meetings through reciting the Pledge of Allegiance or singing hymns.—
Melissa Brown,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
Verb
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Raj Subramaniam, center, rings the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange on April 17, 2023, in New York.—
Gabriel Snyder,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 July 2025
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Core One Pro offers four hearing modes: Normal for everyday conversations, Outdoor for wind noise reduction, Restaurant for filtering background chatter, and a specialized Tinnitus mode that provides masking sounds for those suffering from ear ringing.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
23 July 2025
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“Jingle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jingle. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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