kilistää — meaning in English

English meaning

• jingle noun A short, catchy tune used in advertising to help people remember a product or brand.
• knell verb To ring a bell slowly and solemnly, especially to mark a death or funeral.
• tinkle verb To make a light, high-pitched ringing sound, like a small bell.
• toast noun Sliced bread browned by heat.

Senses

kilistää is used for these senses in English:

• jingle (transitive) To cause to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself.
• knell (transitive) To signal or proclaim something (especially a death) by ringing a bell.
• tinkle (transitive) To cause to tinkle.
• tinkle (transitive) To indicate, signal, etc. by tinkling.
• toast (ambitransitive) To engage in a salutation, often with raising of the drinking vessel, while drinking an alcoholic beverage in honor of someone or something.

jingle — full definition

1. noun A short, catchy tune used in advertising to help people remember a product or brand.
2. noun A light ringing or clinking sound, as of small bells or coins.
3. verb To make a light ringing or clinking sound.

knell — full definition

1. verb To ring a bell slowly and solemnly, especially to mark a death or funeral.
2. noun A slow, solemn ringing of a bell, especially to announce a death; more broadly, a sign that something is coming to an end.

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