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Meaning of "finagling" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FINAGLING

finagling  [fɪˈneɪɡlɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FINAGLING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Finagling is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FINAGLING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of finagling in the English dictionary

The definition of finagling in the dictionary is the use of trickery or craftiness to achieve your aims.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FINAGLING


angling
ˈæŋɡlɪŋ
frogling
ˈfrɒɡlɪŋ
gangling
ˈɡæŋɡlɪŋ
giggling
ˈɡɪɡlɪŋ
jangling
ˈdʒæŋɡlɪŋ
kegling
ˈkɛɡlɪŋ
niggling
ˈnɪɡlɪŋ
pigling
ˈpɪɡlɪŋ
scraggling
ˈskræɡlɪŋ
strangling
ˈstræŋɡlɪŋ
struggling
ˈstrʌɡlɪŋ
tingling
ˈtɪŋɡlɪŋ
wangling
ˈwæŋɡlɪŋ
wrangling
ˈræŋɡlɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FINAGLING

finable
finableness
finagle
finagler
final
final cause
final clause
final curtain
final demand
final dividend
final edition
final examinations
Final Four
final notice
Final Solution
final whistle
final-salary
finale
finalis
finalisation

WORDS THAT END LIKE FINAGLING

antismuggling
bungling
feeling
fledgling
gurgling
haggling
handling
juggling
kingling
mailing
mind-boggling
ridgling
rolling
selling
smuggling
spine-tingling
sterling
straggling
Yngling
youngling

Synonyms and antonyms of finagling in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «finagling» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FINAGLING

Find out the translation of finagling to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of finagling from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «finagling» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

finagling
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

finagling
570 millions of speakers

English

finagling
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

finagling
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

finagling
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

finagling
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

finagling
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

finagling
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

finagling
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pewarnaan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

finagling
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

finagling
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

finagling
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Finagling
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

finagling
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

finagling
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फाइनॅगलिंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

finagling
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

finagling
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

finagling
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

finagling
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

finagling
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

finagling
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

finagling
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

finagling
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

finagling
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of finagling

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FINAGLING»

The term «finagling» is normally little used and occupies the 125.264 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FINAGLING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «finagling» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «finagling» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about finagling

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FINAGLING»

Discover the use of finagling in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to finagling and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
On Our Minds: How Evolutionary Psychology Is Reshaping the ...
Pulling no punches, Gould argues that Morton's interpretation represents nothing more than “a patchwork of fudging and finagling in the clear interest of controlling a priori convictions.”8 In other words, Morton knew what he wanted to prove ...
Eric M. Gander, 2004
2
Hard Luck: How Luck Undermines Free Will and Moral ...
Finagling is responsibilitysubversive except when it causes an entirely new being to come into existence. But it is mysterious to me why anyone would think that Suzy Instant satisfies the Participation Principle while Suzy Instant* does not.
Neil Levy, 2011
3
Learning to Live Financially Free: Hard-Earned Wisdom for ...
Finagling. When we put our house on the market, we saw how easily a business transaction like selling a piece of property and purchasing another can become a decision based on emotion and impulse. Just recently, a young couple looked ...
Marybeth Whalen, Curt Whalen
4
Woodworking For Dummies
Finagling. the. face. frame. You have to build the face frame before attaching it to the carcass. Because your carcass is already together (see the “Creating the carcass” section earlier in this chapter for details), measure the outer dimensions of ...
Jeff Strong, 2011
5
Vegan Eats World: 300 International Recipes for Savoring the ...
Filo. Finagling. (Working. With,. NotAgainst. Filo). a Chapter 10 RobustVegetable Entrees&Sides V egetables are not be. cigar, and chop the leaves and stems as finely as possible. In a large, deep skillet heat the olive oil over medium heat ...
Terry Romero, 2014
6
Aloft at Last: How the Wright Brothers Made History
Chapter. Forty. Seven. Finagling. with. the. French. As young men, Wilbur and Orville had run a printing business and published several community newspapers. Wilbur had proved himself to be a skillful marketer, planning creative promotions, ...
Chris Kidder, 2002
7
Math For Real Life For Dummies
Finagling. Fractions. Fractions take several forms, but in real life, the forms you deal with are common fractions and decimal fractions. A common fraction has two parts. The numerator is the top number, and the denominator is the bottom ...
Barry Schoenborn, 2013
8
Extraordinary Grace: How the Unlikely Lineage of Jesus ...
Chapter. 4. Finagling. Grace. TAMAR. Tamar is pregnant. Hear the whispers. Hear the conjecture about the father. Tamar is pregnant. This is scandalous. This is reason for punishment—even death! But you must know the backstory of Tamar, ...
Gary Dr. Chapman, Chris Fabry, 2013
9
Feng Shui Your Workspace For Dummies
... are anyone you live with, whether they're actually related to you or not. (Saying, “Family members or other people you live with,. Finagling. with. family. whether you're related to them or not” throughout the whole. Finagling with family.
Holly Ziegler, Jennifer Lawler, 2011
10
New Supreme Court, Appellate Division-Second Department
484485 486 J. J. Abrahams, for Defts., Cross. We, we didn't try to do any “ finagling”. It just happened that way. Q. Didn't you think it's “finagling” to take seven thousand dollars from a man on property which, Six months before, was worth ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FINAGLING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term finagling is used in the context of the following news items.
1
'Brokenwood,' 'Cavett's Vietnam' lead this week's TV on DVD
After finagling his way into assuming the presidency, Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey) begins an ambitious climb to win the 2016 election. «Deseret News, Jul 15»
2
Camp is for having fun, not getting into a better college
Since that day, I've never put “tomato-finagling” on my resume. But to my bunkmates and me, days like that are what camp was about: a chance ... «Jweekly.com, Jul 15»
3
Editorial: The city's budget battle
Each time, he was able to parry the threat with a bit of one-time finagling. Those budgetary stratagems become harder to pull off as pension ... «Chron.com, Jul 15»
4
Judge to ex-trustee: Pay or stay behind bars longer
Finagling for more time to come up with a plan to repay taxpayers, former Knox County Trustee Mike Lowe got a warning Wednesday — pay or ... «Knoxville News Sentinel, Jul 15»
5
Wait, don't throw out that watermelon rind; use it to make some tasty …
Somebody a long, long time ago figured out that with a little bit of finagling you could take the outer layer of the watermelon and turn it into ... «AL.com, Jul 15»
6
'Being Evel' film probably a no-show, but Evel Knievel Days …
Still, Alicia Knievel Vincent told The Montana Standard that she and her brother Kelly are finagling a way to bring the film to their father's ... «Billings Gazette, Jul 15»
7
10 Characters We Want To See In The New Spider-Man Reboot
With a bit of creative finagling, the character could fit quite well into this new franchise, ramping up the teen drama and delivering the requisite ... «moviepilot.com, Jul 15»
8
Summer League Notebook: Rodney Hood could break out in 2015-16
It's simply a bit of cap finagling by the Jazz front office that has to do with the the rookie scale. New draftees are bound by the rookie scale for ... «CBS sports.com, Jul 15»
9
Rutter: Porter County stuck with voting system anyone can hack
But modern elections aren't stolen by finagling one fraudulent vote at a time. Too inefficient. As Republicans have found nationally, keeping ... «Chicago Tribune, Jul 15»
10
'Being Evel' film probably a no-show, but EK Days promises jam …
Still, Alicia Knievel Vincent told The Montana Standard that she and her brother Kelly are finagling a way to bring the film to their father's ... «Montana Standard, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Finagling [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/finagling>. Apr 2024 ».
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