jangle

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
jangle/ˈʤaŋɡl/

▶verb

• 1 make or cause to make a ringing metallic sound.

• 2 (of one's nerves) be set on edge.

▶noun an instance of jangling.

– derivatives
jangly adjective.

– origin ME (in the sense ‘talk excessively or noisily; squabble’): from OFr. jangler, of unknown origin.