wan´gler

wan|gle¹ «WANG guhl», verb, -gled, -gling. Informal.

–v.t.

1. to manage to get by schemes, tricks, persuasion, or the like: »

to wangle an interview with the president.

2. to change (an account, report, or other datum) dishonestly for one's advantage. SYNONYM(S): falsify, fake, counterfeit.

–v.i.

1. to make one's way through difficulties.

2. to obtain something by wangling; use irregular means to accomplish a purpose.

╂[perhaps alteration of waggle]

–wan´gler, noun.

wan|gle² «WANG guhl», verb, -gled, -gling. British Dialect.

–v.i.

to be unsteady; shake; totter; walk unsteadily.

–v.t.

to wiggle; jiggle.

╂[perhaps alteration of waggle; influenced by wankle]

–wan´gler, noun.