Etymology

jargle

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Today it means: To emit a harsh or discordant sound. Full definition →

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.