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Antonyms for wangle

Grammar : Verb
Spell : wang-guhl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈwæŋ gəl

Definition of wangle

Origin :
  • "obtain something by trickery," 1888, originally British printer's slang for "fake by manipulation;" perhaps an alteration of waggle, or of wankle (now dialectal) "unsteady, fickle," from Old English wancol (see wench). Brought into wider use by World War I soldiers.
  • verb finagle
Example sentences :
  • He never did a stroke of work that he could possibly "wangle" out of.
  • Extract from : « Life in a Tank » by Richard Haigh
  • But you've not managed badly to wangle a 'second', have you, Snowy and Daddles?
  • Extract from : « Loyal to the School » by Angela Brazil
  • I said, feeling bewildered, and flurried, and amused all at once: "What is 'wangle'?"
  • Extract from : « Miss Million's Maid » by Bertha Ruck
  • I don't believe it's allowed, but he's sure to be able to wangle it.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Battle » by A. P. Herbert
  • The men keep an eye on the watches and "wangle" for the last second.
  • Extract from : « A Yankee in the Trenches » by R. Derby Holmes
  • Dalrymple told me he rather fancied he could wangle me a bungalow.
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 156, Feb. 5, 1919 » by Various
  • Now, it is impossible to "wangle" a man who sits over you with a reflecting mirror screwed into his right eye.
  • Extract from : « Caught by the Turks » by Francis Yeats-Brown
  • Jerry—a gay and reckless being—had fell designs on the Flying Corps, the very first moment he could 'wangle it.'
  • Extract from : « Far to Seek » by Maud Diver
  • It had taken him until his senior midterm vacation to wangle an invitation to the dome-house on Luna.
  • Extract from : « The Cosmic Computer » by Henry Beam Piper
  • Other secretaries had used their nearness to him to wangle acting or dancing or singing assignments on other and lesser shows.
  • Extract from : « Operation: Outer Space » by William Fitzgerald Jenkins

Synonyms for wangle

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