wangle
Plural: wangles
Noun
- an instance of accomplishing something by scheming or trickery
- The act of wangling
Verb
Verb Forms: wangled, wangling, wangles
- To obtain or accomplish by clever maneuvering or trickery.
- achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods
- tamper, with the purpose of deception
- To obtain through deceitful or manipulative methods.
- To falsify, as records.
- To achieve through contrivance or cajolery.
Examples
- She managed to wangle a triple word score by playing a tricky two-letter word.
Origin / Etymology
Blend of wag + dangle, first attested 1810–1820. Alternatively, from an alteration of waggle or wankle.
Synonyms
cook, fake, falsify, finagle, fudge, manage, manipulate, misrepresent, wangling, fainaigue
Scrabble Score: 10
wangle: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordwangle: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
wangle: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary