Definitions of wangle [ˈwæŋ gəl]

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Definition of 'wangle'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) wangle
to bring about or obtain by scheming or underhand methods:
to wangle an invitation.

2. wangle
to falsify or manipulate for dishonest ends.

3. (v.i.) wangle
to use contrivance or scheming to achieve some goal.

4. wangle
to manipulate something for dishonest ends.

5. (n.) wangle
an act or instance of wangling.

Etymology: (1810–20; b. wag (the tongue) and dangle (about someone, i.e., hang around someone, court someone's favor))

Definition of 'wangle'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) wangle, wangling
an instance of accomplishing something by scheming or trickery

2. (verb) wangle, finagle, manage
achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods

3. (verb) fudge, manipulate, fake, falsify, cook, wangle, misrepresent
tamper, with the purpose of deception
"Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data"

Translation of 'wangle'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to obtain or achieve (something) by trickery He got us seats for the concert; – I don't know how he wangled it.
Afrikaans: bekook, konkel	Arabic: يَنال بِحيلَه	Bulgarian: измъквам
Brazilian: arranjar-se	Czech: vyšvindlovat	German: deichseln
Danish: mingelere	Greek: καταφέρνω με πονηριά	Spanish: arreglárselas (para), age
Estonian: sahkerdama	Farsi: به حيله متوسل شدن	Finnish: keplotella
French: (se) débrouiller (pour av	Hebrew: לְהַשִיג בְּתַחבּוּלָה	Hindi: चालाकी से काम निकालना
Croatian: pribavitišto ispod ruke	Hungarian: kiügyeskedik (vmit)	Indonesian: mendapatkan dengan licik
Icelandic: fá (e-ð) með brögðum	Italian: procurarsi, rimediare	Japanese: せしめる
Korean: 깜쪽같이 가로채다	Lithuanian: sukombinuoti	Latvian: izmānīt; dabūt gatavu
Malay: mendapat sesuatu dengan m	Dutch: fiksen	Norwegian: fikse, ordne, lure seg ti
Polish: wyłudzić, wycyganić	Portuguese: arranjar-se	Romanian: a obţine (pe căi necinst
Russian: заполучить хитростью; ухи	Slovak: podvodom získať	Slovenian: izvesti z zvijačo
Serbian: dovijati se	Swedish: lyckas snoåt sig, mygla t	Thai: ได้มาด้วยเล่ห์
Turkish: hileyle elde etmek	Taiwanese: 騙得	Ukrainian: домогтися; роздобути хитр
Urdu: چالاکی سے کوءی چیز حاصل ک	Vietnamese: xoay xở	Chinese: 行骗
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