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Definition of wangle in English: wangleverb ˈwaŋɡ(ə)lˈwæŋɡəl [with object]informal Manage to obtain (something) by persuading or cleverly manipulating someone. I wangled an invitation to her party I think we should be able to wangle it so that you can start tomorrow Example sentencesExamples - Will Lola and Ella be able to get to the concert, wangle invitations to Stu's party afterward, and face down Carla?
- I had to wangle the cheddar cheese away from our other sous-chef, Eric, who was holding onto it for some as-yet-unbooked private party.
- In Alabama, you must shoot a doe before you wangle a buck permit.
- So she wangled nights out with four such desirable men and reported back on the pros and cons of the ‘perfect’ dates.
- Having wangled a job on the support staff - ‘the best grounding I could have had’ - she had daily access to the editors and decision-makers in every title.
- Also, companies are keen to wangle best prices from their sales reps, a tactic which dabs.com ignores - its telesales team is not to negotiate on price.
- The Professor manages to wangle a job as the producer's assistant and is given responsibility for many of the production details.
- You can wangle only so much for TV-rights packages; only sell so many replica shirts; only cram so many punters inside your ground.
- When I was younger, I used to wangle my way on to the table most weekends.
- ‘I managed to wangle that,’ he admits, ‘I'm experienced, and that got me through.’
- If anyone could have dreamed up an unlikely idea like the Wooden Horse and wangled his way into Troy, he would have.
- I wangled a trip to one of its conferences in Miami a few years ago and was bowled over by the quality of access that journalists, members of the public enjoy, to basic public information.
- A busy couple of days ensues: I managed to wangle out of the workplace Christmas do this year, but our own department's Christmas lunch is coming up.
- Bannister had wangled a continuance of the trial, but unless he could produce Pike, Hardiman's chances looked slim.
- When I was trying to wangle invitations to Washington to talk about this stuff, they would get private investors to hop on a plane and fly to New Haven to see it.
- Anjali Sircar, tired of room hunting, asked her distant cousin, Yash, to pretend to be her fiancé and wangled a single room at Khar.
- I came home today instead of tomorrow, I was able to wangle myself a seat on a navy transport from Groton.
- So if you're determined to land a tutor, you need to wangle invites to all those College dinners at High Table.
- The Oxford history graduate scoffs at the idea that his father somehow wangled him the job of co-presenting and researching the programme and accompanying book.
- Unless Barrett can wangle an extended stay in Dundee.
Synonyms contrive, manipulate, manoeuvre, engineer, devise, orchestrate, fix, arrange, direct, conduct, handle, work, pull off, scheme, plot acquire, attain, achieve, bring about, net, win, grab, hook informal fiddle, finagle, swing
noun ˈwaŋɡ(ə)lˈwæŋɡəl informal An act or an instance of obtaining something by persuasion or clever manipulation. a rather clever wangle on the part of some of the folk at the office Example sentencesExamples - One Labour MP hinted that Smith's case was a wangle, and mentioned other sportsmen and celebrities who had returned home quickly after call-up.
Derivatives nounˈwaŋɡ(ə)ləˈwæŋ(ə)lər informal Our private transportation will take us to the town of Cachora where our mule wanglers, mules and horses are waiting. Example sentencesExamples - It was cast by an angler and a wangler, neither of which was within the law.
- The University of West Alabama wanglers were in action over the weekend, competing at the Troy University Rodeo, as the Tiger women won the meet, while the men placed fourth.
- We'll take care of all the work for you: your horse will be saddled and ready for each ride, and Jan and our friendly cowgirl wanglers will give you an enjoyable riding experience.
Origin Late 19th century (first recorded as printers' slang): of unknown origin; perhaps based on the verb waggle. wag from Middle English: The sort of wagging done by dogs is from the Old English word wagian ‘to sway’, source also of waggle (late 16th century). Wangle (late 19th century) is first recorded as printers' slang. The origin is unknown but is perhaps based on waggle. Wag meaning ‘a joker’ is a different word, dating from the 16th century, which first meant ‘a mischievous boy or lively young man’, and was often used as a fond name for a child. Showing the grim gallows humour of the times, it probably comes from waghalter, ‘a person likely to be hanged’. In the 2006 World Cup a new meaning of wag suddenly became popular. The WAGs were the Wives and Girlfriends of the England players. The term had already been used in the 2004 European Championship.
Rhymes angle, bangle, bespangle, dangle, entangle, fandangle, jangle, mangel, mangle, spangle, strangle, tangle, wide-angle, wrangle Definition of wangle in US English: wangleverbˈwaNGɡəlˈwæŋɡəl [with object]informal Manage to obtain (something) by persuading or cleverly manipulating someone. I wangled an invitation to her party I think we should be able to wangle it so that you can start tomorrow Example sentencesExamples - When I was younger, I used to wangle my way on to the table most weekends.
- Having wangled a job on the support staff - ‘the best grounding I could have had’ - she had daily access to the editors and decision-makers in every title.
- So if you're determined to land a tutor, you need to wangle invites to all those College dinners at High Table.
- ‘I managed to wangle that,’ he admits, ‘I'm experienced, and that got me through.’
- In Alabama, you must shoot a doe before you wangle a buck permit.
- A busy couple of days ensues: I managed to wangle out of the workplace Christmas do this year, but our own department's Christmas lunch is coming up.
- When I was trying to wangle invitations to Washington to talk about this stuff, they would get private investors to hop on a plane and fly to New Haven to see it.
- The Oxford history graduate scoffs at the idea that his father somehow wangled him the job of co-presenting and researching the programme and accompanying book.
- So she wangled nights out with four such desirable men and reported back on the pros and cons of the ‘perfect’ dates.
- Anjali Sircar, tired of room hunting, asked her distant cousin, Yash, to pretend to be her fiancé and wangled a single room at Khar.
- You can wangle only so much for TV-rights packages; only sell so many replica shirts; only cram so many punters inside your ground.
- Will Lola and Ella be able to get to the concert, wangle invitations to Stu's party afterward, and face down Carla?
- Unless Barrett can wangle an extended stay in Dundee.
- Bannister had wangled a continuance of the trial, but unless he could produce Pike, Hardiman's chances looked slim.
- I had to wangle the cheddar cheese away from our other sous-chef, Eric, who was holding onto it for some as-yet-unbooked private party.
- I came home today instead of tomorrow, I was able to wangle myself a seat on a navy transport from Groton.
- If anyone could have dreamed up an unlikely idea like the Wooden Horse and wangled his way into Troy, he would have.
- Also, companies are keen to wangle best prices from their sales reps, a tactic which dabs.com ignores - its telesales team is not to negotiate on price.
- The Professor manages to wangle a job as the producer's assistant and is given responsibility for many of the production details.
- I wangled a trip to one of its conferences in Miami a few years ago and was bowled over by the quality of access that journalists, members of the public enjoy, to basic public information.
Synonyms contrive, manipulate, manoeuvre, engineer, devise, orchestrate, fix, arrange, direct, conduct, handle, work, pull off, scheme, plot
nounˈwaNGɡəlˈwæŋɡəl informal An act or an instance of obtaining something by persuasion or clever manipulation. a rather clever wangle on the part of some of the folk at the office Example sentencesExamples - One Labour MP hinted that Smith's case was a wangle, and mentioned other sportsmen and celebrities who had returned home quickly after call-up.
Origin Late 19th century (first recorded as printers' slang): of unknown origin; perhaps based on the verb waggle. |