transitive verb. 1 : to obtain (something) by indirect or involved means finagle a ride home. 2 : to obtain (something) by trickery He finagled his way into the concert. intransitive verb.

What does jammy mean in slang?

If you describe someone as jammy, you mean that they are very lucky because something good has happened to them, without their making much effort or deserving such luck. [British, informal]

What is a finagling?

to trick, swindle, or cheat (a person) (often followed by out of): He finagled the backers out of a fortune. to get or achieve (something) by guile, trickery, or manipulation: to finagle an assignment to the Membership Committee. verb (used without object), fi·na·gled, fi·na·gling.