wangle
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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
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| 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
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Translations
يَنال بِحيلَه
mingelere
kiügyeskedik
fá meî brögîum
sukombinuoti
dabūt gatavuizmānīt
podvodom získať
hileyle elde etmek
wangle
[ˈwæŋgl]A. VT [+ job, ticket] → agenciarse
I've wangled an invitation to the reception → me he agenciado una invitación para la recepción
he wangled his way in → se las arregló para entrar
can you wangle me a free ticket? → ¿puedes conseguirme una entrada gratis?
I've wangled an invitation to the reception → me he agenciado una invitación para la recepción
he wangled his way in → se las arregló para entrar
can you wangle me a free ticket? → ¿puedes conseguirme una entrada gratis?
B. N → chanchullo m, truco m
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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) verb to 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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