finagle (redirected from finagling)

fi·na·gle  (f-ngl)

v. fi·na·gled, fi·na·gling, fi·na·gles Informal

v.tr.

1. To obtain or achieve by indirect, usually deceitful methods: finagle a day off from work.

2. To cheat; swindle: shady stockbrokers who finagle their clients out of fortunes.

v.intr.

To use crafty, deceitful methods.

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[Probably from dialectal fainaigue, to cheat.]

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fi·nagler n.

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finagle [fɪˈneɪg^əl]

vb Informal

1. (tr) to get or achieve by trickery, craftiness, or persuasion; wangle

2. to use trickery or craftiness on (a person)

[probably changed from dialect fainaigue]

finagler  n

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

finagle - achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods wangle, manage achieve, attain, accomplish, reach - to gain with effort; "she achieved her goal despite setbacks"

Translations

finagle

vt (inf) → deichseln (inf); to finagle something out of somebody → jdm etw abluchsen; to finagle one’s way out of something → sich aus einer Sache herausmogeln