Nearby Words

finagled

[fi-ney-guhl] Origin

fi·na·gle

[fi-ney-guhl] verb, -gled, -gling.
verb (used with object)
1.
to trick, swindle, or cheat (a person) (often followed by out of): He finagled the backers out of a fortune.
2.
to get or achieve (something) by guile, trickery, or manipulation: to finagle an assignment to the Membership Committee.
verb (used without object)
3.
to practice deception or fraud; scheme.

:10

:09

:08

:07

:06

:05

:04

:03

:02

:01

Finagled is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
Also, fenagle.


Origin:
1925–30, Americanism; finaig- (variant of fainaigue) + -le

fi·na·gler, noun
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source Link To finagled
Etymonline
Word Origin & History

finagle
1926, Amer.Eng., possibly a variant of English dial. fuinaigue "to cheat or renege" (at cards), of unknown origin. Related: Finagled; finagling.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Slang Dictionary

finagle definition

[fɪˈneglæ] and [fəˈnɪglæ]
and fanigle
  1. in.
    to plot and plan; to conspire; to arrange (something). : He's pretty good at finagling.
  2. tv.
    to acquire something through conniving. : Can I finagle a buck from you?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
Cite This Source
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature