wangle
wangle
maneuver, finagle, wheedle: wangle an invitation
Not to be confused with:
wrangle – to argue or dispute; an altercation; to round up cattle, horses, or other livestock
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wan·gle
(wăng′gəl)v. wan·gled, wan·gling, wan·gles Informal
v.tr.
To obtain or achieve by cleverness or deceit, especially in persuading someone: She wangled the job even though she had no training.
v.intr.
To extricate oneself by subtle or indirect means, as from difficulty; wriggle: He wangled out of a shift at work by pretending to be sick.
[Origin unknown.]
wang′le n.
wang′ler n.
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wangle
(ˈwæŋɡəl)vb
1. (tr) to use devious or illicit methods to get or achieve (something) for (oneself or another): he wangled himself a salary increase.
2. to manipulate or falsify (a situation, action, etc)
n
the act or an instance of wangling
[C19: originally printers' slang, perhaps a blend of waggle and dialect wankle wavering, from Old English wancol; compare Old High German wankōn to waver]
ˈwangler n
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wan•gle
(ˈwæŋ gəl) v. -gled, -gling,
n. v.t.
1. to bring about or obtain by scheming or underhand methods: to wangle an invitation.
2. to falsify or manipulate for dishonest ends.
v.i.3. to use contrivance or scheming to achieve some goal.
4. to manipulate something for dishonest ends.
n.5. an act or instance of wangling.
[1810–20; b. wag (the tongue) and dangle (about someone, i.e., hang around someone, court someone's favor)]
wan′gler, n.
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wangle
Past participle: wangled
Gerund: wangling
| Imperative |
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| wangle |
| wangle |
| Present |
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| I wangle |
| you wangle |
| he/she/it wangles |
| we wangle |
| you wangle |
| they wangle |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I wangled |
| you wangled |
| he/she/it wangled |
| we wangled |
| you wangled |
| they wangled |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am wangling |
| you are wangling |
| he/she/it is wangling |
| we are wangling |
| you are wangling |
| they are wangling |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have wangled |
| you have wangled |
| he/she/it has wangled |
| we have wangled |
| you have wangled |
| they have wangled |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was wangling |
| you were wangling |
| he/she/it was wangling |
| we were wangling |
| you were wangling |
| they were wangling |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had wangled |
| you had wangled |
| he/she/it had wangled |
| we had wangled |
| you had wangled |
| they had wangled |
| Future |
|---|
| I will wangle |
| you will wangle |
| he/she/it will wangle |
| we will wangle |
| you will wangle |
| they will wangle |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have wangled |
| you will have wangled |
| he/she/it will have wangled |
| we will have wangled |
| you will have wangled |
| they will have wangled |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be wangling |
| you will be wangling |
| he/she/it will be wangling |
| we will be wangling |
| you will be wangling |
| they will be wangling |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been wangling |
| you have been wangling |
| he/she/it has been wangling |
| we have been wangling |
| you have been wangling |
| they have been wangling |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been wangling |
| you will have been wangling |
| he/she/it will have been wangling |
| we will have been wangling |
| you will have been wangling |
| they will have been wangling |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been wangling |
| you had been wangling |
| he/she/it had been wangling |
| we had been wangling |
| you had been wangling |
| they had been wangling |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would wangle |
| you would wangle |
| he/she/it would wangle |
| we would wangle |
| you would wangle |
| they would wangle |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have wangled |
| you would have wangled |
| he/she/it would have wangled |
| we would have wangled |
| you would have wangled |
| they would have wangled |
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
| Noun | 1. |  wangle - an instance of accomplishing something by scheming or trickerydodge, stratagem, contrivance - an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade; "his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track" |
| Verb | 1. |  wangle - achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods |
| 2. | wangle - tamper, with the purpose of deception; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data" chisel, cheat - engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud; "Who's chiseling on the side?" juggle - manipulate by or as if by moving around components; "juggle an account so as to hide a deficit" |
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wangle
verb contrive, engineer, fix (informal), arrange, manipulate, work (informal), manoeuvre, pull off, fiddle (informal), bring off, finagle (informal) He managed to wangle a free ticket for me.
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wangle
verbInformal. To make, achieve, or get through contrivance or guile:
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Translations
يَنال بِحيلَه
mingelere
kiügyeskedik
fá meî brögîum
sukombinuoti
dabūt gatavuizmānīt
podvodom získať
hileyle elde etmek
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wangle
[ˈwæŋgəl]
(British)
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wangle
(inf)
n → Schiebung f (inf), → Mauschelei f (inf); it’s a wangle → das ist Schiebung; I think we can arrange some sort of wangle → ich glaube, wir können es so hinbiegen (inf) → or hindrehen (inf)
vt job, ticket etc → organisieren (inf), → verschaffen; to wangle oneself or one’s way in → sich hineinlavieren or -mogeln (inf); to wangle somebody in → jdn reinschleusen (inf); he’ll wangle it for you → er wird das schon für dich drehen (inf) → or deichseln (inf); to wangle money out of somebody → jdm Geld abluchsen (inf); we wangled an extra day off → wir haben noch einen zusätzlichen freien Tag rausgeschlagen (inf)
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wangle
(ˈwӕŋgl) verbto obtain or achieve (something) by trickery. He got us seats for the concert – I don't know how he wangled it.
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