jargle

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