BRANGLE

Etymology

Noun

brangle (plural brangles)

(archaic) A squabble.

Verb

brangle (third-person singular simple present brangles, present participle brangling, simple past and past participle brangled)

To squabble.

Source: Wiktionary


Bran"gle, n. Etym: [Prov. E. brangled confused, entangled, Scot. brangle to shake, menace; probably a variant of wrangle, confused with brawl.]

Definition: A wrangle; a squabble; a noisy contest or dispute. [R.] A brangle between him and his neighbor. Swift.

Bran"gle, v.i [imp. & p. p. Brangled; p. pr. & vb. n. Brangling.]

Definition: To wrangle; to dispute contentiously; to squabble. [R.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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