'Wrangle' definitions:

Definition of 'wrangle'

From: WordNet
noun
An angry dispute; "they had a quarrel"; "they had words" [syn: quarrel, wrangle, row, words, run-in, dustup]
noun
An instance of intense argument (as in bargaining) [syn: haggle, haggling, wrangle, wrangling]
verb
To quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively; "The bar keeper threw them out, but they continued to wrangle on down the street" [syn: brawl, wrangle]
verb
Herd and care for; "wrangle horses"

Definition of 'Wrangle'

From: GCIDE
  • Wrangle \Wran"gle\, v. t. To involve in a quarrel or dispute; to embroil. [R.] --Bp. Sanderson. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Wrangle'

From: GCIDE
  • Wrangle \Wran"gle\, n. An angry dispute; a noisy quarrel; a squabble; an altercation. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: Altercation; bickering; brawl; jar; jangle; contest; controversy. See Altercation. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Wrangle'

From: GCIDE
  • Wrangle \Wran"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wrangled; p. pr. & vb. n. Wrangling.] [OE. wranglen to wrestle. See Wrong, Wring.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. To argue; to debate; to dispute. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To dispute angrily; to quarrel peevishly and noisily; to brawl; to altercate. "In spite of occasional wranglings." --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
  • For a score of kingdoms you should wrangle. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • He did not know what it was to wrangle on indifferent points. --Addison. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'wrangle'

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