jargle

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English

Etymology

Compare Old Swedish jerga (to repeat angrily, to brawl), Icelandic jarg (tedious iteration), French jargonner (to talk jargon). See jargon.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɑː(ɹ)ɡəl/

Verb

jargle (third-person singular simple present jargles, present participle jargling, simple past and past participle jargled)

  1. (obsolete) To emit a harsh or discordant sound.
    • c. 1600, John Ayliffe, Satires:
      Thy mother could thee for thy cradle set / Her husband's rusty iron corselet; / Whose jargling sound might rock her babe to rest, / That never plain'd of his uneasy nest.
    • 1908, Jean Louis De Esque, Betelguese, a trip through hell:
      Where syrt sucks jargling javels mad