WRANGLE

haggle, haggling, wrangle, wrangling

(noun) an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining)

quarrel, wrangle, row, words, run-in, dustup

(noun) an angry dispute; “they had a quarrel”; “they had words”

brawl, wrangle

(verb) to quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively; “The bar keeper threw them out, but they continued to wrangle on down the street”

wrangle

(verb) herd and care for; “wrangle horses”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

wrangle (third-person singular simple present wrangles, present participle wrangling, simple past and past participle wrangled)

(intransitive) To bicker, or quarrel angrily and noisily.

(transitive) To herd (horses or other livestock); (humorously) to supervise, manage (people).

(transitive) To involve in a quarrel or dispute; to embroil.

Synonyms

• See also squabble

Noun

wrangle (plural wrangles)

An act of wrangling.

An angry dispute.

Anagrams

• Wangler, wangler

Source: Wiktionary

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Wran"gle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wrangled; p. pr. & vb. n. Wrangling.] Etym: [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.

Definition: To involve in a quarrel or dispute; to embroil. [R.] Bp. Sanderson.

Wran"gle, n.

Definition: An angry dispute; a noisy quarrel; a squabble; an altercation.

Syn.

– Altercation; bickering; brawl; jar; jangle; contest; controversy. See Altercation.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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