Obs. [freq. of TANG v.2: see -LE 3.] intr. To give out a quick succession of ringing sounds. Cf. TWANGLE, TINKLE. Hence † Tangling vbl. sb.
c. 1580. Jefferie, Bugbears, Epil. Song ii. in Archiv Stud. neu. Spr. (1897), 57. With janglynges, with banglynges with tanglynges A sprityng go we!
a. 1652. Brome, Queene’s Exchange, II. ii. The great Bells of our Town, they tingle they tangle, They jingle they jangle, the Tenner of them goes merrily.
