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wangle — [[t]wæ̱ŋg(ə)l[/t]] wangles, wangling, wangled VERB If you wangle something that you want, you manage to get it by being clever or persuading someone. [INFORMAL] [V n] We managed to wangle a few days leave... [V way prep/adv] He had wangled his… … English dictionary
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
wangle — UK [ˈwæŋɡ(ə)l] / US verb [transitive] Word forms wangle : present tense I/you/we/they wangle he/she/it wangles present participle wangling past tense wangled past participle wangled informal to get something by tricking someone or by persuading… … English dictionary
wangle — [c]/ˈwæŋgəl / (say wangguhl) Colloquial –verb (wangled, wangling) –verb (t) 1. to bring about, accomplish, or obtain by contrivance, scheming, or often, indirect or insidious methods: *Shadbolt had wangled her a free ticket –murray bail, 1988. 2 …
wangle — verb (wangled; wangling) Etymology: perhaps alteration of waggle Date: 1888 transitive verb to resort to trickery or devious methods intransitive verb 1. to adjust or manipulate for personal or fraudulent ends 2. to make or get by devious means ; … New Collegiate Dictionary
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