JANGLING :  adj : like the discordant ringing of nonmusical metallic objects striking together; "cowboys with jangling spurs" [syn: jangly]

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Jangle \Jan"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Jangled; p. pr. & vb. n. Jangling.] [OE. janglen to quarrel, OF. jangler to rail, quarrel; of Dutch or German origin; cf. D. jangelen, janken, to whimper, chide, brawl, quarrel.] 1. To sound harshly or discordantly, as bells out of tune. 2. To talk idly; to prate; to babble; to chatter; to gossip. ``Thou janglest as a jay.'' --Chaucer. 3. To quarrel in words; to altercate; to wrangle. Good wits will be jangling; but, gentles, agree. --Shak. Prussian Trenck . . . jargons and jangles in an unmelodious manner. --Carlyle.

JANGLING : \Jan"gling\, a. Producing discordant sounds. ``A jangling noise.'' --Milton.

JANGLING : \Jan"gling\, n. 1. Idle babbling; vain disputation. From which some, having swerved, have turned aside unto vain jangling. --1 Tim. i. 6. 2. Wrangling; altercation. --Lamb.