jingle

Etymology

Onomatopoeic; compare jangle.

noun

1. The sound of metal or glass clattering against itself.
   He heard the jingle of her keys in the door and turned off the screen.
2. (music) A small piece of metal attached to a musical instrument, such as a tambourine, so as to make a jangling sound when the instrument is played.
   Her tambourine didn't come with any jingles attached.
3. (broadcasting, advertising) A memorable short song, or in some cases a snippet of a popular song with its lyrics modified, used for the purposes of advertising a product or service in a TV or radio commercial.
   That used-car dealership's jingle has been stuck in my head since we heard that song.
   The best of friends become the worst of enemies when Barney makes a hilarious attack ad where he viciously pummels a cardboard cut-out of Homer before special guest star Linda Ronstadt joins the fun to both continue the attack on the helpless Homer stand-in and croon a slanderously accurate, insanely catchy jingle about how “Mr. Plow is a loser/And I think he is a boozer.” June 3, 2012, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Mr. Plow” (season 4, episode 9; originally aired 11/19/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)
4. A carriage drawn by horses.
   They drove in a jingle across Cork while it was still early morning and Stephen finished his sleep in a bedroom of the Victoria Hotel. 1916, James Joyce, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Macmillan Press Ltd, page 85
5. (slang) A brief telephone call.
   Give me a jingle when you find out something.
6. A jingle shell.
7. (slang, uncountable) Coin money.
   If all you folks who donate your hard-earned jingle to PETA aren't convinced of your ill-advised ways yet, you should probably check this out. 2004, “P.E.T.A.”, in Penn & Teller: Bullshit!, season 2, episode 1
8. (Philippines, colloquial) Pee, urine.

verb

1. (intransitive) To make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself.
   The beads jingled as she walked.
2. (transitive) To cause to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself.
   She jingled the beads as she walked.
3. (dated, intransitive) To rhyme or sound with a jingling effect.
4. (Philippines, colloquial) To pee, to urinate.