wingle

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Etymology

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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).

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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.
  2. (dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To be unsteady on one's feet; to walk with an unsteady gait; wobble; meander.

Noun

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wingle (plural wingles)

  1. (dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A fold or a convolution; something bent or twisted; a twist or a bend.
    That's an awful wingle of a road.

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