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filouter — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • finagle verb To obtain, arrange, or achieve by indirect, complicated and/or intensive efforts.
  • slur noun An offensive or insulting remark, especially one targeting a person's group identity.

Senses

filouter is used for these senses in English:

  • finagle (ambitransitive) To cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods. (often with "out of" preceding the object)
  • slur To soil; to sully; to contaminate; to disgrace.

finagle — full definition

  1. verb To obtain, arrange, or achieve by indirect, complicated and/or intensive efforts.
  2. verb To obtain, arrange, or achieve by deceitful methods, by trickery.
  3. verb To cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods. (often with "out of" preceding the object)

slur — full definition

  1. noun An offensive or insulting remark, especially one targeting a person's group identity.
  2. noun Unclear, poorly separated speech.
  3. verb To pronounce words unclearly by running them together.

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