wangling
Meaning of wangling
verb, gerund or present participle
- 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
late 19th century (first recorded as printers' slang): of unknown origin; perhaps based on the verb waggle.
Information about wangling
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of wangling is: wanglings.
- Languages in which wangling is used:
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Hyphenation of wangling
wan-gling
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- wangling is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
wangling synonyms
Meaning wangle:
Meaning create or bring about (an object or a situation) by deliberate use of skill and artifice:
Meaning handle or control (a tool, mechanism, information, etc.) in a skilful manner:
Meaning skilfully arrange for (something) to occur:
Meaning plan or invent (a complex procedure, system, or mechanism) by careful thought:
Meaning arrange or score (music) for orchestral performance:
Meaning make arrangements for (something); organize:
Meaning put (things) in a neat, attractive, or required order:
Meaning control the operations of; manage or govern:
Meaning organize and carry out:
Meaning feel or manipulate with the hands:
Meaning be engaged in physical or mental activity in order to achieve a result; do work:
Meaning make plans, especially in a devious way or with intent to do something illegal or wrong:
Meaning secretly make plans to carry out (an illegal or harmful action):
Meaning buy or obtain (an asset or object) for oneself:
Meaning succeed in achieving (something that one has worked for):
Meaning successfully bring about or reach (a desired objective or result) by effort, skill, or courage:
Meaning be successful or victorious in (a contest or conflict):
Meaning grasp or seize suddenly and roughly:
Meaning attach or fasten with a hook or hooks:
Meaning obtain by dishonest or devious means:
Meaning succeed in bringing about:
Meaning touch or fidget with something in a restless or nervous way:
Words that rhyme with wangling
Ling, Coaling, Ealing, annealing, antiwhaling, appealing, autodialing, avaling, backpedaling, baling, bealing, berascaling, canaling, capitaling, charcoaling, coaling, concealing, congealing, countersealing, craaling, credentialing, crystaling, dealing, descaling, dialing, downscaling, embaling, empaling, ensealing, equaling, exhaling, fealing, foaling, forepaling, gealing, gimbaling, goaling, haling, healing, impaling, inhaling, initialing, instealing, interdealing, intervaling, journaling, keelhaling, kraaling, lateraling, localing
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