wangle

wan·gle  (wnggl)

v. wan·gled, wan·gling, wan·gles Informal

v.tr.

1. To make, achieve, or get by contrivance: wangled a job for which she had no training.

2. To manipulate or juggle, especially fraudulently.

3. To extricate (oneself) from difficulty.

v.intr.

1. To use indirect, tricky, or fraudulent methods.

2. To extricate oneself by subtle or indirect means, as from difficulty; wriggle.

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[Origin unknown.]

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wangle n.

wangler n.

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wangle [ˈwæŋg^əl] Informal

vb

1. (tr) to use devious or illicit methods to get or achieve (something) for (oneself or another) he wangled himself a salary increase

2. to manipulate or falsify (a situation, action, etc.)

n

the act or an instance of wangling

[originally printers' slang, perhaps a blend of waggle and dialect wankle wavering, from Old English wancol; compare Old High German wankōn to waver]

wangler  n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	wangle - an instance of accomplishing something by scheming or trickery wangling dodge, stratagem, contrivance - an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade; "his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track"
Verb	1.	wangle - achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods finagle, manage achieve, attain, accomplish, reach - to gain with effort; "she achieved her goal despite setbacks"
	2.	wangle - tamper, with the purpose of deception; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data" fudge, fake, falsify, misrepresent, manipulate, cook chisel, cheat - engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud; "Who's chiseling on the side?" juggle - manipulate by or as if by moving around components; "juggle an account so as to hide a deficit"

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wangle

verb contrive, engineer, fix (informal), arrange, manipulate, work (informal), manoeuvre, pull off, fiddle (informal), bring off, finagle (informal) He managed to wangle a free ticket for me.

Translations

wangle [ˈwæŋgl]

A. VT [+ job, ticket] → agenciarse
I've wangled an invitation to the reception → me he agenciado una invitación para la recepción
he wangled his way in → se las arregló para entrar
can you wangle me a free ticket? → ¿puedes conseguirme una entrada gratis?

B. N → chanchullo m, truco m

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wangle [ˈwæŋg^əl]

(British)

vt → soutirer
He wangled front-row tickets to the concert → Il réussi à soutirer des places au premier rang pour le concert.
to wangle one's way in → réussir à se faire admettre

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wangle (inf)

n → Schiebung f (inf), → Mauschelei f (inf); it’s a wangle → das ist Schiebung; I think we can arrange some sort of wangle → ich glaube, wir können es so hinbiegen (inf) → or hindrehen (inf)

vt job, ticket etc → organisieren (inf), → verschaffen; to wangle oneself or one’s way in → sich hineinlavieren or -mogeln (inf); to wangle somebody in → jdn reinschleusen (inf); he’ll wangle it for you → er wird das schon für dich drehen (inf) → or deichseln (inf); to wangle money out of somebody → jdm Geld abluchsen (inf); we wangled an extra day off → wir haben noch einen zusätzlichen freien Tag rausgeschlagen (inf)

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wangle [ˈwæŋgl] (fam)

1. n → astuzia

2. vt (job, ticket) → rimediare or procurare (con l'astuzia); (days off) → ottenere (con l'astuzia)
he wangled his way in → è riuscito ad entrare con un sotterfugio

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wangle [ˈwæŋgl] (fam)

1. n → astuzia

2. vt (job, ticket) → rimediare or procurare (con l'astuzia); (days off) → ottenere (con l'astuzia)
he wangled his way in → è riuscito ad entrare con un sotterfugio

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wangle

v wangle [ˈwӕŋgl]

to obtain or achieve (something) by trickery He got us seats for the concert – I don't know how he wangled it. bekook, konkel يَنال بِحيلَه измъквам vyšvindlovat mingelere deichseln καταφέρνω με πονηριά arreglárselas (para), agenciarse, apañárselas (para) sahkerdama به حيله متوسل شدن keplotella (se) débrouiller (pour avoir) לְהַשִיג בְּתַחבּוּלָה चालाकी से काम निकालना pribaviti što ispod ruke kiügyeskedik (vmit) mendapatkan dengan licik fá (e-ð) með brögðum procurarsi, rimediare せしめる 깜쪽같이 가로채다 sukombinuoti izmānīt; dabūt gatavu mendapat sesuatu dengan memujuk atau menggunakan helah fiksen fikse, ordne, lure seg til wyłudzić, wycyganić arranjar-se a ob­ţine (pe căi necinstite) заполучить хитростью; ухитриться podvodom získať izvesti z zvijačo dovijati se lyckas sno åt sig, mygla till sig ได้มาด้วยเล่ห์ hileyle elde etmek 騙得 домогтися; роздобути хитрощами چالاکی سے کوءی چیز حاصل کرنا xoay xở 行骗