finagle
pronunciation
How to pronounce finagle in British English:
UK [fɪˈneɪgl]
How to pronounce finagle in American English:
US [fɪ'neɪɡl]
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- Verb:
- achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods
Word Origin
- finagle (v.)
- "get dishonestly or deviously," 1926, American English, possibly a variant of English dialectal fainaigue "to cheat or renege" (at cards), which is of unknown origin. Liberman says finagle is from figgle, phonetic variant of fiddle "fidget about," frequentative of fig. Related: Finagled; finagling.
Example
- 1. The finagle factor is still at work .
- 2. He cannot conduct himself in such a way as to finagle blessings from god ( job 6:11-13 ) .
- 3. It is only occasionally that the finagle factor breaks out into pure dishonesty .
- 4. Shady stockbrokers who finagle their clients out of fortunes .
- 5. Your computer programmer salary will be contingent on your work ethic , brilliance , degrees , the schools you went to , your experience in the field , the specific specialities you studied , the references you can finagle form professors and bosses , and the ability to do this job with enthusiasm and efficiency .