magouiller — meaning in English

English meaning

• finagle verb To obtain, arrange, or achieve by indirect, complicated and/or intensive efforts.
• tinker noun A traveling mender of pots, pans, and other metal household items.

Senses

magouiller is used for these senses in English:

• finagle (transitive) To obtain, arrange, or achieve by deceitful methods, by trickery.
• tinker (ambitransitive) To fiddle with something in an attempt to fix, mend or improve it, especially in an experimental or unskilled manner.

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)

tinker — full definition

1. noun A traveling mender of pots, pans, and other metal household items.
2. verb To fiddle or experiment with something in an amateur, exploratory way, trying to fix or improve it.

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