Wangle

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To make, achieve, or get by contrivance: wangled a job for which she had no training.
  • v. To manipulate or juggle, especially fraudulently.
  • v. To extricate (oneself) from difficulty.
  • verb-intransitive. To use indirect, tricky, or fraudulent methods.
  • verb-intransitive. To extricate oneself by subtle or indirect means, as from difficulty; wriggle.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To obtain through manipulative or deceitful methods.
  • v. To falsify, as records.
  • v. To achieve through contrivance or cajolery.
  • n. The act of wangling
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an instance of accomplishing something by scheming or trickery
  • v. achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods
  • v. tamper, with the purpose of deception
  • Verb Form
    wangled    wangles    wangling   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    stratagem    dodge    contrivance    attain    reach    accomplish    achieve   
    Form
    wangler   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Angle    Wrangell    angle    bangle    dangle    disentangle    entangle    fangle    jangle    mangle