Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jargle

/ˈd͡ʒɑː(ɹ)ɡəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: jar-gle
IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɑː(ɹ)ɡəl/

14

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To emit a harsh or discordant sound.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"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."
"Where syrt sucks jargling javels mad"

Etymology

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

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

jargles (present, singular) jargling (participle, present) jargled (participle, past) jargled (past)

Questions

How do you pronounce jargle?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈd͡ʒɑː(ɹ)ɡəl/.
What does jargle mean?: To emit a harsh or discordant sound.
Where does jargle come from?: Compare Old Swedish jerga (“to repeat angrily, to brawl”), Icelandic jarg (“tedious iteration”), French jargonner (“to talk jargon”). See jargon.

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