jargle

verb /ˈd͡ʒɑː(ɹ)ɡəl/

1. To emit a harsh or discordant sound.

   obsolete

   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 it comes from

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

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry jargle (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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