verb-intransitive. To sound harshly or discordantly, as bells out of tune.verb-intransitive. To talk idly; to prate; to babble; to chatter; to gossip.verb-intransitive. To quarrel in words; to altercate; to wrangle.v. To cause to sound harshly or inharmoniously; to produce discordant sounds with.n. Idle talk; prate; chatter; babble.n. Discordant sound; wrangling.n. The unmelodious ringing of multiple metallic objects striking together, such as a set of small bells.