Finale vs Finagle - What's the difference?
finale | finagle |
The grand end of something, especially a show or piece of music.
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, title=Chelsea 3 - 5 Arsenal
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(narratology) The chronological conclusion of a series of narrative works.
To obtain, arrange, or achieve by indirect and usually deceitful methods.
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, date=May 24
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, title=Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3
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(ambitransitive) To cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods. (often with "out of" preceding the object)
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As a noun finale
is final (sports).As a verb finagle is
to obtain, arrange, or achieve by indirect and usually deceitful methods.finale
English
Noun
(en noun)citation, page= , passage=Andre Santos equalised and the outstanding Theo Walcott put Arsenal ahead for the first time before Juan Mata's spectacular strike set up the finale for an enthralling encounter.}}
Antonyms
* premierefinagle
English
Verb
(finagl)- ...finagle a day off from work.
citation, page= , passage=Sequels to fish-out-of-water comedies make progressively less sense the longer a series continues. By the time Crocodile Dundee In Los Angeles rolled around in 2001, 15 years after the first Crocodile Dundee became a surprise blockbuster, the title character had been given an awfully long time to grow acclimated to those kooky Americans. Men In Black 3 finagles its way out of this predicament by literally resetting the clock with a time-travel premise that makes Will Smith both a contemporary intergalactic cop in the late 1960s and a stranger to Josh Brolin, who plays the younger version of Smith’s stone-faced future partner, Tommy Lee Jones.}}
- ...shady stockbrokers who finagle their clients out of fortunes.
Derived terms
* finaglerReferences
finagle, The Word Detective, February 12th, 2008