wangle invitation

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• 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 — UK [ˈwæŋɡ(ə)l] / US verb [transitive] Word forms wangle : present tense I/you/we/they wangle he/she/it wangles present participle wangling past tense wangled past participle wangled informal to get something by tricking someone or by persuading… …   English dictionary

• 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 — wan|gle [ wæŋgl ] verb transitive INFORMAL to get something by tricking someone or persuading them in an indirect way: I decided to try and wangle an invitation to her party. It sounds like he s trying to wangle your money from you. We ve managed …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• 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 — 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 — 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

• charm — Synonyms and related words: absorb, absorb the attention, adorability, agacerie, agreeability, agreeableness, alchemy, allay, allure, allurement, amiability, amulet, anklet, appeal, appealingness, argue into, armlet, arrest, ascendancy, assuage,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• summon — Synonyms and related words: appeal, arouse, ask, assemble, attract, be attractive, beckon, bid, bid come, bring forth, bring out, bring to light, call, call away, call back, call for, call forth, call in, call out, call together, call up, call up …   Moby Thesaurus

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