FINAGLE

wangle, finagle, manage

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

finagle (third-person singular simple present finagles, present participle finagling, simple past and past participle finagled)

(transitive) To obtain, arrange, or achieve by indirect, complicated and/or intensive efforts.

(transitive) To obtain, arrange, or achieve by deceitful methods, by trickery.

(ambitransitive) To cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods. (often with "out of" preceding the object)

Anagrams

• Lai-feng, Laifeng, faeling, fealing, fleaing, leafing

Source: Wiktionary



RESET




Word of the Day

21 June 2024

DEMURRAGE

(noun) a charge required as compensation for the delay of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure


Do you know this game?

Wordscapes

Wordscapes is a popular word game consistently in the top charts of both Google Play Store and Apple App Store. The Android version has more than 10 million installs. This guide will help you get more coins in less than two minutes of playing the game. Continue reading Wordscapes: Get More Coins