wangle
to bring about, accomplish, or obtain by scheming or underhand methods: to wangle an invitation.
to falsify or manipulate for dishonest ends: to wangle business records.
to use contrivance, scheming, or underhand methods to obtain some goal or result.
to manipulate something for dishonest ends.
an act or instance of wangling.
Origin of wangle
1Other words for wangle
Other words from wangle
- wangler, noun
Words that may be confused with wangle
- wangle , wrangle
Words Nearby wangle
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How to use wangle in a sentence
Other secretaries had used their nearness to him to wangle acting or dancing or singing assignments on other and lesser shows.
Operation: Outer Space | William Fitzgerald Jenkinswangle; the handful of straw a thatcher grasps in his left hand from time to time while thatching, twisted up tight at one end.
English As We Speak It in Ireland | P. W. JoyceI had a specially bad one, and managed with great skill to wangle a fortnight's sick leave in Paris.
Fanny Goes to War | Pat BeauchampAnd the old Cats said, "Be particularly careful not to meddle with a clangle-wangle if you should see one."
Nonsense Books | Edward LearBut you've not managed badly to wangle a 'second', have you, Snowy and Daddles?
Loyal to the School | Angela Brazil
British Dictionary definitions for wangle
/ (ˈwæŋɡəl) informal /
(tr) to use devious or illicit methods to get or achieve (something) for (oneself or another): he wangled himself a salary increase
to manipulate or falsify (a situation, action, etc)
the act or an instance of wangling
Origin of wangle
1Derived forms of wangle
- wangler, noun
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