finagle C2 Topic:Register & Style US /ˈfɪnəgəl/ UK /fɪˈneɪ.ɡəl/ See IPA manual Freq #77135 Meanings 1 verb To obtain, arrange, or achieve by indirect, complicated and/or intensive efforts. Finagle a day off work. 2 verb To obtain, arrange, or achieve by deceitful methods, by trickery. Finagled his way out of a ticket by pretending to be on the way to a funeral, distraught. 3 verb To cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods. (often with "out of" preceding the object) Shady stockbrokers who finagle their clients out of fortunes. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 verb · to obtain, arrange, or... fainaiguewangle 2 verb · to obtain, arrange, or... fainaiguewangle Word family Derived forms finagler Etymology Americanism from the 1920s, perhaps combining an alteration of fainaigue (“to renege”) with the suffix + -le (“frequentative”), possibly influenced by inveigle; compare haggle. Topics Register & Style External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # finagle **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** verb **IPA (US):** /ˈfɪnəgəl/ **IPA (UK):** /fɪˈneɪ.ɡəl/ **Frequency rank:** 77135 ## Meanings 1. To obtain, arrange, or achieve by indirect, complicated and/or intensive efforts. 2. To obtain, arrange, or achieve by deceitful methods, by trickery. 3. To cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods. (often with "out of" preceding the object) ## Examples - Finagle a day off work. - Finagled his way out of a ticket by pretending to be on the way to a funeral, distraught. - Shady stockbrokers who finagle their clients out of fortunes. ## Synonyms - fainaigue - wangle ## Derived Forms - finagler ## Etymology Americanism from the 1920s, perhaps combining an alteration of fainaigue (“to renege”) with the suffix + -le (“frequentative”), possibly influenced by inveigle; compare haggle. ## Topics - Register & Style markdown