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  • wangle — verb (T) informal to get something, or arrange for something to happen, by cleverly persuading or tricking someone: wangle sth out of sb: In the end she wangled an invitation out of them. | wangle it for sth to happen: I managed to wangle it for… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • wangle — obtain something by trickery, 1888, originally British printer s slang for fake by manipulation; perhaps an alteration of WAGGLE (Cf. waggle), or of wankle (now dial.) unsteady, fickle, from O.E. wancol (see WENCH (Cf. wench)). Brought into wider …   Etymology dictionary

  • wangle — [waŋ′gəl] vt. wangled, wangling [altered < ? WAGGLE] Informal 1. to get, make, or bring about by persuasion, influence, adroit manipulation, contrivance, etc. 2. to manipulate or change (statistics, accounts, etc.) for a selfish or dishonest… …   English World dictionary

  • wangle — v. (colloq.) (C) could you wangle an invitation for me? or: could you wangle me an invitation? * * * [ wæŋg(ə)l] (colloq.) (C) could you wangle an invitation for me? or: could you wangle me an invitation? …   Combinatory dictionary

  • wangle — [[t]wæ̱ŋg(ə)l[/t]] wangles, wangling, wangled VERB If you wangle something that you want, you manage to get it by being clever or persuading someone. [INFORMAL] [V n] We managed to wangle a few days leave... [V way prep/adv] He had wangled his… …   English dictionary

  • wangle — wangler, n. /wang geuhl/, v., wangled, wangling, n. v.t. 1. to bring about, accomplish, or obtain by scheming or underhand methods: to wangle an invitation. 2. to falsify or manipulate for dishonest ends: to wangle business records. v.i. 3. to… …   Universalium

  • wangle — wan|gle [ˈwæŋgəl] v [T] [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: Perhaps from waggle] informal to get something, or arrange for something to happen, by cleverly persuading or tricking someone wangle sth (out of sb) ▪ In the end she wangled an invitation. wangle …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • wangle — wan•gle [[t]ˈwæŋ gəl[/t]] v. gled, gling, n. 1) to bring about or obtain by scheming or underhand methods: to wangle an invitation[/ex] 2) to falsify or manipulate for dishonest ends 3) to use contrivance or scheming to achieve some goal 4) to… …   From formal English to slang

  • wangle — verb (wangled; wangling) Etymology: perhaps alteration of waggle Date: 1888 transitive verb to resort to trickery or devious methods intransitive verb 1. to adjust or manipulate for personal or fraudulent ends 2. to make or get by devious means ; …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • wangle — [ˈwæŋg(ə)l] verb [T] informal to get something that is difficult to get, especially by persuading someone in an indirect way I ll see if I can wangle some tickets for you.[/ex] …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • wangle — [c]/ˈwæŋgəl / (say wangguhl) Colloquial –verb (wangled, wangling) –verb (t) 1. to bring about, accomplish, or obtain by contrivance, scheming, or often, indirect or insidious methods: *Shadbolt had wangled her a free ticket –murray bail, 1988. 2 …  

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