wingle

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/wɪŋl/

verb

To bend or twist; wriggle back and forth.

“That's an awful wingle of a road.”

OriginNorwegian Nynorsk vingla →
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Meanings

verbwingle (third-person singular simple present wingles, present participle wingling, simple past and past participle wingled)

present singular third person wingles · participle present wingling · participle past wingled · past wingled · alternative winkle · alternative weenkle · alternative wingl · alternative weengle · alternative waingle · alternative wengl

  1. Northern EnglandScotlanddialectalTo bend or twist; wriggle back and forth.
  2. Northern EnglandScotlanddialectalTo be unsteady on one's feet; to walk with an unsteady gait; wobble; meander.
nounwingle (plural wingles)

plural wingles · alternative winkle · alternative weenkle · alternative wingl · alternative weengle · alternative waingle · alternative wengl

  1. Northern EnglandScotlanddialectalA fold or a convolution; something bent or twisted; a twist or a bend.

    That's an awful wingle of a road.

Origin

  1. Norwegian Nynorskvingla“to flutter, stumble about, go hither and thither, go astray, dangle”
  2. Englishwingle

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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APA

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MLA

“wingle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wingle. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wingle,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wingle.

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