"wingle" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /wɪŋl/ Forms: wingles [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪŋl Etymology: From a merger of wangle, and dialectal Norwegian Nynorsk vingla (“to flutter, stumble about, go hither and thither, go astray, dangle”), related to Norwegian Bokmål vingle (“to wobble”), Swedish vingla (“to wobble”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|wangle}} wangle, {{bor|en|nn|vingla|t=to flutter, stumble about, go hither and thither, go astray, dangle}} Norwegian Nynorsk vingla (“to flutter, stumble about, go hither and thither, go astray, dangle”), {{cog|nb|vingle|t=to wobble}} Norwegian Bokmål vingle (“to wobble”), {{cog|sv|vingla|t=to wobble}} Swedish vingla (“to wobble”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} wingle (plural wingles)
  1. (dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A fold or a convolution; something bent or twisted; a twist or a bend. Tags: Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal Derived forms: wingle-wangle
    Sense id: en-wingle-en-noun-d3FZjZWV Categories (other): Northern England English, Scottish English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: winkle, weenkle, wingl, weengle, waingle, wengl

Verb

IPA: /wɪŋl/ Forms: wingles [present, singular, third-person], wingling [participle, present], wingled [participle, past], wingled [past]
Rhymes: -ɪŋl Etymology: From a merger of wangle, and dialectal Norwegian Nynorsk vingla (“to flutter, stumble about, go hither and thither, go astray, dangle”), related to Norwegian Bokmål vingle (“to wobble”), Swedish vingla (“to wobble”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|wangle}} wangle, {{bor|en|nn|vingla|t=to flutter, stumble about, go hither and thither, go astray, dangle}} Norwegian Nynorsk vingla (“to flutter, stumble about, go hither and thither, go astray, dangle”), {{cog|nb|vingle|t=to wobble}} Norwegian Bokmål vingle (“to wobble”), {{cog|sv|vingla|t=to wobble}} Swedish vingla (“to wobble”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} wingle (third-person singular simple present wingles, present participle wingling, simple past and past participle wingled)
  1. (dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To bend or twist; wriggle back and forth. Tags: Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal
    Sense id: en-wingle-en-verb-h4quw14I Categories (other): Northern England English, Scottish English
  2. (dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To be unsteady on one's feet; to walk with an unsteady gait; wobble; meander. Tags: Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal
    Sense id: en-wingle-en-verb-fG49SKLx Categories (other): Northern England English, Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 25 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: winkle, weenkle, wingl, weengle, waingle, wengl

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for wingle meaning in English (4.9kB)

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