💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Finangle"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| fenagleverb | Alternative form of finagle. [(transitive) To obtain, arrange, or achieve by indirect, complicated and/or intensive efforts.] |
| swindgenoun | Alternative form of swinge. [(archaic) A swinging blow.] |
| gladhandnoun | Alternative spelling of glad-hand. [(transitive) To be overly friendly with (a stranger) in order to gain an advantage.] |
| inknitverb | Alternative form of enknit. [(transitive) To knit in; intwine; (by extension) to interweave] |
| fittinverb | (colloquial) Alternative form of fitting. [(informal, US, with infinitive) Getting ready; preparing.] |
| re-nigverb | Alternative form of renig. [(US, colloquial, dated) To renege.] |
| filetnoun | (American spelling) Alternative spelling of fillet. [(now rare) A headband; a ribbon or other band used to tie the hair up, or keep a headdress in place, or for decoration.] |
| fittin'verb | (colloquial) Alternative form of fitting. [(informal, US, with infinitive) Getting ready; preparing.] |
| incageverb | Alternative form of encage. [To lock inside a cage; to imprison.] |
| underfongverb | (obsolete, Early Modern) To seduce, entrap; surround, overcome. |
| hanselnoun | A fictional character in the German fairy tale Hansel and Gretel. |
| knicknoun | Alternative spelling of nick (“to make a notch in”). [(transitive) To make a nick or notch in; to cut or scratch in a minor way.] |
| leap-frognoun | Alternative form of leapfrog. [(games) A game, often played by children, in which a player leaps like a frog over the back of another person who has stooped over. One variation of the game involves a number of people lining up in a row and bending over. The last person in the line then vaults forward over each of the others until they reach the front of the line, whereupon they also bend over. The process is then repeated.] |
| wig-wagverb | Alternative form of wigwag. [To move gently in one direction and then another; to wig or wiggle, to wag or waggle.] |
| play someone like a bass fiddleverb | Alternative form of play someone like a fiddle. [(idiomatic) To play (manipulate) (a person) skillfully.] |
| clitchverb | Alternative form of clutch. [(transitive) To seize, as though with claws.] |
| skringeverb | Alternative form of scringe. [(dialect, UK and US, intransitive) To cringe or shrink.] |
| dinnleverb | Alternative form of dindle. [To tingle, as from cold; quiver; thrill] |
| fissleverb | Alternative form of fistle. [To rustle; to make a slight rustling (or whistling sound).] |
| work both ends against the middleverb | Alternative form of play both sides against the middle. [(idiomatic) To manipulate opponents or competitors in a manner which benefits the manipulator.] |
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