fenagle

[ fi-ney-guh l ]
/ fɪˈneɪ gəl /

verb (used with or without object), fe·na·gled, fe·na·gling.

finagle.

Words nearby fenagle

femto-, femtometer, femur, fen, fen-phen, fenagle, fence, fence in, fence lizard, fence with, fence-mending

Definition for fenagle (2 of 2)

finagle

or fe·na·gle

[ fi-ney-guh l ]
/ fɪˈneɪ gəl /

verb (used with object), fi·na·gled, fi·na·gling.

to trick, swindle, or cheat (a person) (often followed by out of): He finagled the backers out of a fortune.
to get or achieve (something) by guile, trickery, or manipulation: to finagle an assignment to the Membership Committee.

verb (used without object), fi·na·gled, fi·na·gling.

to practice deception or fraud; scheme.

Origin of finagle

1925–30, Americanism; finaig- (variant of fainaigue) + -le

OTHER WORDS FROM finagle

fi·na·gler, noun

British Dictionary definitions for fenagle

finagle
/ (fɪˈneɪɡəl) /

verb informal

(tr) to get or achieve by trickery, craftiness, or persuasion; wangle
to use trickery or craftiness on (a person)

Derived forms of finagle

finagler, noun

Word Origin for finagle

C20: probably changed from dialect fainaigue