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wirepulling

wirepulling is the present participle and gerund of wirepull.

Meaning of wirepull

Verb

wirepull (third-person singular simple present wirepulls, present participle wirepulling, simple past and past participle wirepulled)

  1. (ambitransitive) To exert an influence on (others) that is felt but not seen.
    • These basic provisions of the 1954 Geneva agreements on Vietnam do not allow the United States to wirepull its lackeys to rig up the so-called Republic of Vietnam.1965, Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts, numbers 86-90, page 5

Noun

wirepulling (uncountable)

  1. Manipulation from behind the scenes, especially in political contexts; undue influence.
    • These appointments […] are subject to all the well-known abuses, such as favouritism and wire-pulling, to which such appointments are liable.1921, Montagu Lomax, The Experiences of an Asylum Doctor, London: Allen & Unwin, page 168

Forms of wirepulling

alternative formwire-pulling

Questions about wirepulling

What does wirepulling mean?
Wirepulling means manipulation from behind the scenes, especially in political contexts; undue influence.
What is wirepulling the present participle and gerund of?
Wirepulling is the present participle and gerund of wirepull.
What part of speech is wirepulling?
Wirepulling is a noun.

Words near wirepulling in the dictionary

  1. wirephotos
  2. wirepull
  3. wirepulled
  4. wirepuller
  5. wirepullers
  6. wirepulling
  7. wirepulls
  8. wirer
  9. wirerimmed
  10. wireroom
  11. wirerooms

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Adapted from Wiktionary: wirepulling (page history and authors); wirepull (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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