jangle

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After about a month of trying with all of my nerve endings a-jangle, and with every part of my body craving a cigarette and drink, I sat down on a curb one day near my house and I started to cry.

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  1. intransitive verb To make a harsh metallic sound: The spurs jangled noisily.
  2. transitive verb To cause to make a harsh discordant sound.
  3. transitive verb To have an irritating effect on: The racket from the street jangled my nerves.
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  • At first the thoughts run on with a tangle and jangle, a turmoil almost of madness then they quiet down into the peace that only a hermitage gives and the objects of life are seen in their true relativity and perspective. —  Tramping on Life
  • After about a month of trying with all of my nerve endings a-jangle, and with every part of my body craving a cigarette and drink, I sat down on a curb one day near my house and I started to cry. —  Culture and Media Institute Headlines
  • Countless artists have lifted the Velvets 'chilly hipster attitude and narcotized guitar jangle, as Wareham has for decades in bands like Galaxie 500 and Luna, but his infatuation goes much deeper than the music.
  • Tone! He made every individual wire jangle, and I trembled for my smooth, well-kept action. —  Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques
  • Drawing her furs about her, Miss Drayton sat down on a stone bench From below, came the street noises,--jangle of cars, rumble of wagons, clatter and clamor of passers-by. —  Honey-Sweet
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  1. Middle English janglen, to chatter, from Old French jangler, probably of Germanic origin.

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  1. from Middle English janglen, jangelen (also, rarely, with initial guttural or palatal, ganglen, yanglen, after the D.), chatter, jabber, talk loudly, from Old French jangler, gangler, jangle, prattle, tattle, wrangle, = Provencal janglar, from Old Dutch *jangelen, found only in modern D. jangelen, importune, freq. of Old Dutch jancken, modern D. janken = Low German janken, yelp, howl, as a dog; prob., like equivalent L. gannire, of imitative origin.
  2. from Middle English jangle; from jangle, v.
 

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