Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Jingle \Jin"gle\, v. i. [OE. gingelen, ginglen; prob. akin to E.
   chink; cf. also E. jangle.]
   1. To sound with a fine, sharp, rattling, clinking, or
      tinkling sound; as, sleigh bells jingle. [Written also
      {gingle}.]

   2. To rhyme or sound with a jingling effect. ``Jingling
      street ballads.'' --Macaulay.

Jingle \Jin"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Jingled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Jingling}.]
   To cause to give a sharp metallic sound as a little bell, or
   as coins shaken together; to tinkle.

         The bells she jingled, and the whistle blew. -- Pope.

Jingle \Jin"gle\, n.
   1. A rattling, clinking, or tinkling sound, as of little
      bells or pieces of metal.

   2. That which makes a jingling sound, as a rattle.

            If you plant where savages are, do not only
            entertain them with trifles and jingles,but use them
            justly.                               -- Bacon.

   3. A correspondence of sound in rhymes, especially when the
      verse has little merit; hence, the verse itself.`` The
      least jingle of verse.'' --Guardian.

   {Jingle shell}. See {Gold shell}
      (b), under {Gold}.

Source : WordNet®

jingle
     n 1: a metallic sound; "the jingle of coins"; "the jangle of
          spurs" [syn: {jangle}]
     2: a comic verse of irregular measure; "he had heard some silly
        doggerel that kept running through his mind" [syn: {doggerel},
         {doggerel verse}]
     v : make a sound typical of metallic objects; "The keys were
         jingling in his pocket" [syn: {jingle-jangle}, {jangle}]