(music, attributively) A sound typified by undistorted, treble-heavy electric guitars, played in a droning chordal style, characteristic of 1960s folk rock and 1980s indie rock music.
A rattling metallic sound; a clang.
The sound of people talking noisily.
verb
(archaic) To quarrel verbally; to wrangle.
(archaic) To speak in an angry or harsh manner.
(figuratively) To irritate or jar (something).
(obsolete) Of a person: to speak loudly or too much; to chatter, to prate; of a bird: to make a noisy chattering sound.
To cause (something) to make a rattling metallic sound.
To express or say (something) in an argumentative or harsh manner.
To make a rattling metallic sound.
jangly
jangly
adj
Accompanied by a jangling sound.
jargle
jargle
verb
(obsolete) To emit a harsh or discordant sound.
jiggle
jiggle
noun
A relatively weak shaking movement.
verb
(intransitive) To shake, rattle, or wiggle.
(transitive) To shake something gently; to rattle or wiggle.
jiggly
jiggly
adj
that jiggles
jingal
jingal
noun
(India) A type of gun, usually a light piece mounted on a swivel, sometimes taking the form of a heavy musket fired from a rest.
jingle
jingle
noun
(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.
(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.
(slang) A brief phone call; a ring.
(slang, uncountable) Coin money.
A carriage drawn by horses.
A jingle shell.
The sound of metal or glass clattering against itself.
verb
(dated, intransitive) To rhyme or sound with a jingling effect.
(intransitive) To make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself.
(transitive) To cause to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself.
jingly
jingly
adj
that jingles, having a jingling sound.
joggle
joggle
noun
(architecture) A notch or tooth in the joining surface of any piece of building material to prevent slipping.
(engineering) A step formed in material by two adjacent reverse bends.
verb
(architecture, transitive) To join by means of joggles, so as to prevent sliding apart; sometimes, loosely, to dowel.
(intransitive) To shake or totter; to slip out of place.
(transitive) To shake slightly; to push suddenly but slightly, so as to cause to shake or totter; to jostle; to jog.
To jog or run while juggling.
joggly
joggly
adj
That joggles or shakes; loose; tottering.
jugale
jugale
noun
The jugal (bone).
The jugal point: a craniometric point corresponding to the angle between the vertical border and the margin of the zygomatic process of the malar bone.
jugful
jugful
noun
As much as a jug will hold.
juggle
juggle
noun
(archaic) A deceit or imposture.
(archaic) The performance of a magic trick.
(juggling) The act of throwing and catching each prop at least twice, as opposed to a flash.
The handling or managing of many tasks at once.
verb
(intransitive, archaic) To joke or jest.
(intransitive, archaic) To perform magic tricks.
(transitive, intransitive) To deceive by trick or artifice.
To handle or manage many tasks at once.
To manipulate objects, such as balls, clubs, beanbags, rings, etc. in an artful or artistic manner. Juggling may also include assorted other circus skills such as the diabolo, devil sticks, hat, and cigar box manipulation as well.
juglar
jugula
jugula
noun
plural of jugulum
jungle
jungle
adj
(Of musical beat, rhythm, etc.) resembling the fast-paced drumming of traditional peoples of the jungle.
noun
(Israel, Texas, US) A desert region.
(South Asia) Any uncultivated tract of forest or scrub habitat.
(UK) A migrant camp.
(colloquial) A place where people behave ruthlessly, unconstrained by law or morality.
(figurative) A tangled mess.
(golf, slang) Dense rough.
(music, uncountable) A style of electronic dance music and precursor of drum and bass.
(slang) An area where hobos camp together.
(vulgar, slang) A hairy vulva.
A large, undeveloped, humid forest, especially in a tropical region, that is home to many wild plants and animals; a tropical rainforest.
jungli
jungli
noun
(India) An inhabitant of the jungle or wild forest.
jungly
jungly
adj
Overgrown with jungle.
logjam
logjam
noun
(figuratively) A clog or such jam or mess that halts or greatly delays progress.
An excess of logs being conveyed on a river, so that their motion halts.