Wriggle
Hi,
“I think that most of the tickets for the new play have been sold out but I hope that we can _____ our way in.”
I heard this in an interview with a famous actress and she used the word ‘wriggle’ or ‘wiggle’ or something like that. She slurred that particular word so I didn’t hear her well.
Could you tell me if one of those options makes sense? Perhaps I misunderstood something.
Thank you.
Top answer
The word is almost certainly 'wangle'. com/definition/us/wangle CJ
- The word is almost certainly 'wangle'.
- com/definition/us/wangle CJ
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0"Wriggle" works.
AHD "wriggle", v.tr., def. 2. To make (one's way, for example) by or as if by wriggling: He wriggled his way into her good graces. (https://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=wriggle)
"Wiggle" does not work.
0There is a word "wangle" in the dictionary, but I'm a native English speaker in the US, and this is the first time in my life I've heard it. In the US you'd say "wrangle." Either "wrangle" or "wiggle" would be used in this situation. "Wriggle" is used for animals.
0"Wrangle" is simply a mistake for "wangle" in this meaning. I'm an American, and I am well aware of both words. By the way, I would not say "wangle my way into" anything. I would wangle permission to enter.
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