English Explanatory Dictionary

wingle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To bend or twist; wriggle back and forth.
  2. To be unsteady on one's feet; to walk with an unsteady gait; wobble; meander.
noun
  1. A fold or a convolution; something bent or twisted; a twist or a bend.

Pronunciation

/wɪŋl/

Word forms

wingle wingles wingling wingled winkle weenkle wingl weengle waingle wengl

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”).

Derived words

wingle-wangle
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