wan·gle

wan·gle

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  • wan|gle — 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… …   Useful english dictionary

  • gle — adan·gle; ae·gle; ajan·gle; ajin·gle; an·gle·ber·ry; An·gle·doz·er; an·gle·sey; an·gle·site; an·gle·ton; an·gle·twitch; ar·gle; ar·gle bar·gle; atin·gle; bo·gle; bun·gle·some; bur·gle; can·gle; cin·gle; com·min·gle; crin·gle; crin·gle cran·gle;… …   English syllables

  • wan — aj·o·wan; ang·wan·ti·bo; at·ti·wan·da·ronk; bhil·a·wan; cu·li·la·wan; de·wan; dur·wan; for·wan·der; ikh·wan; me·ra·wan; ol·do·wan; ot·ta·wan; pa·ka·wan; pa·la·wan; pur·wan·nah; rit·wan; sar·wan; sas·katch·e·wan; sa·wan; sea·wan·ha·ka; se·wan;… …   English syllables

  • wangle — wan·gle …   English syllables

  • 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 — 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 — 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

  • na — abhi·na·ya; ab·na·ki; abom·i·na·ble; abom·i·na·tion; abom·i·na·tor; acae·na; aca·na; ac·a·ri·na; acei·tu·na; aceph·a·li·na; acet·y·le·na·tion; ach·a·ti·na; ac·i·na·ceous; acu·mi·na·tion; ada·na; ade·na; ad·na·tion; aero·na·val; aesch·na;… …   English syllables

  • ton — abur·ton; ac·e·ton·ate; ac·e·ton·emia; ac·e·ton·ic; ac·e·ton·uria; ac·e·ton·yl; ac·e·ton·yl·ac·e·tone; ac·e·ton·yl·i·dene; ace·tyl·ac·e·ton·ate; ac·ton; al·cap·ton; al·kap·ton; al·kap·ton·u·ria; al·las·so·ton·ic; an·a·glyp·ton;… …   English syllables

  • ness — ness·ber·ry; ness·ler·iza·tion; ness·ler·ize; ness·ler s; new·fan·gled·ness; new·ness; news·i·ness; nice·ness; nig·gard·li·ness; nig·gard·ness; nigh·ness; nip·pi·ness; no·ble·ness; nois·i·ness; non·cha·lant·ness; north·er·li·ness; north·ness;… …   English syllables

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