Meanings
verbfugle (third-person singular simple present fugles, present participle fugling, simple past and past participle fugled)
present singular third person fugles · participle present fugling · participle past fugled · past fugled
- archaiccolloquialTo manoeuvre, jiggle or manipulate.
wooden arms with elbow-joints are jerking and fugling in the air
1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volume III (The Guillotine), London: James Fraser, […], →OCLC, book V (Terror the Order of the Day), page 338
Origin
Back-formation from fugleman.
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Rhymes with fugle
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Cite this entry
APA
fugle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fugle
MLA
“fugle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fugle. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fugle,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fugle.
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