Meaning of WRANGLE
| Pronunciation: | | 'ranggul
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- [n] an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining)
- [n] an angry dispute; "they had a quarrel"; "they had words"
- [v] to quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively; "The bar keeper threw them out, but they continued to wrangle on down the street."
- [v] herd and care for; "wrangle horses"
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| | Synonyms: | | brawl, dustup, haggle, haggling, quarrel, row, run-in, words, wrangling |
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| | See Also: | | affray, altercate, altercation, argufy, bargaining, bicker, bickering, bust-up, conflict, difference, difference of opinion, dispute, dispute, fracas, fuss, herd, quarrel, scrap, spat, squabble, tiff | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Wran"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wrangled}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Wrangling}.] [OE. wranglen to wrestle. See {Wrong},
{Wring}.]
1. To argue; to debate; to dispute. [Obs.]
2. To dispute angrily; to quarrel peevishly and noisily; to
brawl; to altercate. ``In spite of occasional
wranglings.'' --Macaulay.
For a score of kingdoms you should wrangle. --Shak.
He did not know what it was to wrangle on
indifferent points. --Addison.
\Wran"gle\, v. t.
To involve in a quarrel or dispute; to embroil. [R.] --Bp.
Sanderson.
\Wran"gle\, n.
An angry dispute; a noisy quarrel; a squabble; an
altercation.
Syn: Altercation; bickering; brawl; jar; jangle; contest;
controversy. See {Altercation}.
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