wangle
English
editEtymology
editBlend of wag + dangle, first attested 1810–1820. Alternatively, from an alteration of waggle or wankle.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈwæŋ.ɡəl/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Rhymes: -æŋɡəl
Verb
editwangle (third-person singular simple present wangles, present participle wangling, simple past and past participle wangled)
- (transitive) To obtain through deceitful or manipulative methods.
- 1920 March – 1921 February, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XVIII, in Indiscretions of Archie, New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, publishers […], published 1921, →OCLC:
- “My dear old lad,” he said, briskly, “this must be remedied! Oh, positively! This must be remedied at once! I suppose my things wouldn’t fit you? No. Well, I tell you what. We’ll wangle something from my father-in-law.
- 2022 November 1, William Grimes, “Gael Greene, Who Shook Up Restaurant Reviewing, Dies at 88”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
- After graduation, she was hired by United Press International, which on one memorable occasion sent her to cover a show by Elvis Presley in Detroit. She wangled an invitation to the singer’s hotel room, where one thing led to another.
- (transitive) To falsify, as records.
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- (intransitive) To achieve through contrivance or cajolery.
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Derived terms
editTranslations
editobtain through manipulative of deceitful methods
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falsify — see falsify
achieve through contrivance or cajolery
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Noun
editwangle (plural wangles)
- The act of wangling