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wingle.

To bend or twist; wriggle back and forth.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/wɪŋl/
  1. To bend or twist; wriggle back and forth.

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

    Northern-England · Scotland · dialectal
Where this word comes from

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”).

noun/wɪŋl/
  1. A fold or a convolution; something bent or twisted; a twist or a bend.

    Northern-England · Scotland · dialectal
    That's an awful wingle of a road.
Where this word comes from

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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