Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

Source : WordNet®

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