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Definition: Finagle |
FinagleVerb1. Achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: FinagleSynonyms: manage (v), wangle (v). (additional references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
bagel finagle | 31 |
finagle | 15 |
bagle finagle | 5 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "finagle"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | mashtroj (bamboozle, befool, beguile, besot, bilk, cheat, chicane, chisel, cozen, deceive, defalcate, defraud, delude, diddle, do, fleece, flimflam, fob, fool, fudge, gyp, hocus, hoodwink, hose, impose, jockey, juggle, lead on, mislead, mump, nobble, overreach, palter, queer, ready up, shortchange, swindle, take advantage of, take for a ride), çalltis (endeavor, endeavour, fare, rub along, shift), çallëstis (endeavor, endeavour, fare). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | придобивам с измама, измъквам (disentangle, drag out, drag up, extract, extricate, ferret out, fish out, get away, mulct, pry, rip out, rout up, rummage out, shake down, slip away, tap, wheedle, worm). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | podvádìt (betray, deceive, double cross, juggle, mock, sharp, trick). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | mogeln (cheat, to cheat, to finagle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | απατώ επιτήδεια. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | csal (cheat, defraud, jockey, to cheat, to finagle, to nap, to renege, to sham, to sharp, to swindle, to trick). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | inaglefay надувать (bamboozle, chisel, codfish, cozen, distend, fob, inflate, jockey, queer, stiffed, stiffs, swell). (various references) izdejstvovati (obtain, put across, spring, swing). (various references) โกง (คำไม่เป็นทางการ). (various references) kandırmak (argue, bait, bamboozle, befool, beguile, cheat, con, cozen, deceive, delude, diddle, dish, dissuade, dupe, entice, fast-talk, flimflam, fool, gammon, get round, gyp, hornswoggle, induce, intrigue, inveigle, jockey, jolly, kid, lead on, lie, persuade, play with, put across, put over, rope in, sell smb. a pup, serve a trick, spoof, stall off, stick, string, string along, stuff smb., take in, trick, wheedle), hile yapmak (cheat, chicane, clip, cog, gerrymander, load the dice, manipulate, play a trick, practice a deceit, practise a deceit, renege, rig, rook, sharp, swindle), hile ile elde etmek (get by deceit, obtain by fraud), aldatmak (bamboozle, be unfaithful, bilk, cheat, cuckold, deceive, defraud, delude, do down, double cross, fake, feint, Fox, gammon, gull, gyp, have, hocus, hoodwink, hornswoggle, humbug, palter, play smb. false, put it over on, sell, sell smb. a packet, sell smb. a pup, spoof, string, stuff smb., take for a ride, take in, trick, two time, victimize). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "finagle": finagled, finagler, finaglers, finagles. (additional references) | |
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"Finagle" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: fanagel, fanaggle, fanagle, fanangle, Feagley, fenagle, fiangle, finage, finalle, finangle, fingle, finnagle, Finnoula, fnagle, fonage. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "finagle" (pronounced funā"gul) |
| 4 | -ā" g u l | bagel. |
| 3 | -g u l | algal, angle, antifungal, bangle, beagle, bedraggle, boggle, Bogle, boondoggle, bugle, centrifugal, commingle, conjugal, dangle, Dingle, disentangle, eagle, entangle, extralegal, frugal, fungal, gaggle, giggle, goggle, gurgle, haggle, illegal, Ingle, intermingle, jangle, jiggle, jingle, juggle, jungle, Kugel, legal, madrigal, Mangel, mangle, milligal, mingle, mogul, mongol, Ogle, paralegal, prodigal, rectangle, regal, shingle, single, smuggle, snuggle, Spangle, Spiegel, squiggle, straggle, strangle, struggle, swingle, tangle, tingle, toggle, triangle, untangle, wangle, wiggle, wrangle, wriggle. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: leafing. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-f-g-i-l-n" | |
-1 letter: finale, flange, genial, linage. | |
-2 letters: agile, algin, alien, align, aline, angel, angle, anile, elain, elfin, fagin, feign, final, fling, ganef, glean, ingle, liane, liang, ligan, linga. | |
-3 letters: agin, alef, alif, anil, egal, elan, fail, fain, fane, fang, feal, fila, file, fine, flag, flan, flea, gaen, gain, gale, gane, gien, glen, glia, ilea, lain. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-f-g-i-l-n" | |
+1 letter: fanglike, finagled, finagler, finagles. | |
+2 letters: angelfish, befalling, befleaing, deflating, defleaing, enflaming, faltering, fellating, fenagling, finaglers, flagellin, flambeing, frangible, refalling, reflating. | |
+3 letters: anglerfish, beflagging, defaulting, defilading, enfilading, fingernail, flagellins, flamingoes, flanneling, flattening, flattering, grainfield, ladyfinger, leafleting, lifesaving, meaningful, refloating. | |
+4 letters: affectingly, angelfishes, centrifugal, cliffhanger, deadlifting, deafeningly, defalcating, defoliating, dragonflies, exfoliating, facelifting, falteringly, farewelling, farthingale, feudalizing, filagreeing, fingernails, fireballing, firewalling, flagrancies, flannelling, freelancing, freeloading, gainfulness, grainfields, infrangible, ladyfingers, leafletting, lifesavings, refrangible, reinflating, unfaltering. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 69 6E 61 67 6C 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..-. .. -. .- --. .-.. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01101001 01101110 01100001 01100111 01101100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F i n a g l e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0069 006E 0061 0067 006C 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)40758067737871 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Expressions: Internet 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Derivations 6. Rhymes 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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