wangle
/ˈwaŋɡ(ə)l/
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American sound/ˈwaŋɡ(ə)l/
wangle
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- 1st syllable stress
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- Schwa vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
wan - gle -> wangle
Myanmar meaning
အခွင့်အရေးရရန် ကြံဖန်သည်၊ ဖန်တီးသည်။ အခွင့်အရေးရရန် ကြံဖန်ခြင်း၊ ဖန်တီးခြင်း။
Full entry
wangle /'wæŋgl/ v ~ sth (out of sb) (infml )
အကြံအဖန် လုပ်သည်။ ဖန်သည်။ I'd love to go to the match tomorrow — do you think you can wangle it? ❍ She managed to wangle an invitation to the reception. ❍ I'll come if I can wangle some money out of my parents.
❏ wangle one's way into/ out of sth/ doing sth [IDM ] ဉာဏ်နီဉာဏ်နက်သုံး၍ ရအောင်ယူသည်၊ လွတ်အောင်ရှောင်သည်။ I don't know how he wangled his way into such a well-paid job. ❍ He managed to wangle his way out of paying.
More examples
- ‘Anjali Sircar, tired of room hunting, asked her distant cousin, Yash, to pretend to be her fiancé and wangled a single room at Khar.’
- ‘Will Lola and Ella be able to get to the concert, wangle invitations to Stu's party afterward, and face down Carla?’
- ‘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.’
- ‘So if you're determined to land a tutor, you need to wangle invites to all those College dinners at High Table.’
- ‘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.’
- ‘Bannister had wangled a continuance of the trial, but unless he could produce Pike, Hardiman's chances looked slim.’
- ‘I came home today instead of tomorrow, I was able to wangle myself a seat on a navy transport from Groton.’
- ‘You can wangle only so much for TV-rights packages; only sell so many replica shirts; only cram so many punters inside your ground.’
- ‘Unless Barrett can wangle an extended stay in Dundee.’
- ‘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.’
- ‘The Professor manages to wangle a job as the producer's assistant and is given responsibility for many of the production details.’
- ‘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.’
- ‘‘I managed to wangle that, ’ he admits, ‘I'm experienced, and that got me through.’’
- ‘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.’
- ‘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.’
- ‘When I was younger, I used to wangle my way on to the table most weekends.’
- ‘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.’
- ‘If anyone could have dreamed up an unlikely idea like the Wooden Horse and wangled his way into Troy, he would have.’
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