WANGLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wangle mean? 

• WANGLE (noun)
  The noun WANGLE has 1 sense:

1. an instance of accomplishing something by scheming or trickery

  Familiarity information: WANGLE used as a noun is very rare.

• WANGLE (verb)
  The verb WANGLE has 2 senses:

1. achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods

2. tamper, with the purpose of deception

  Familiarity information: WANGLE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WANGLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An instance of accomplishing something by scheming or trickery

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

wangle; wangling

Hypernyms ("wangle" is a kind of...):

contrivance; dodge; stratagem (an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade)

Derivation:

wangle (achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods)

wangle (tamper, with the purpose of deception)

• WANGLE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they wangle    ... he / she / it wangles   
Past simple: wangled   
Past participle: wangled   
-ing form: wangling   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

finagle; manage; wangle

Hypernyms (to "wangle" is one way to...):

accomplish; achieve; attain; reach (to gain with effort)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody something

Derivation:

wangle (an instance of accomplishing something by scheming or trickery)

wangler (a deceiver who uses crafty misleading methods)

wangling (an instance of accomplishing something by scheming or trickery)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Tamper, with the purpose of deception

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

cook; fake; falsify; fudge; manipulate; misrepresent; wangle

Context example:

falsify the data

Hypernyms (to "wangle" is one way to...):

cheat; chisel (engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "wangle"):

juggle (manipulate by or as if by moving around components)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

wangle (an instance of accomplishing something by scheming or trickery)

wangler (a deceiver who uses crafty misleading methods)