wrangle
to argue or dispute, especially in a noisy or angry manner.
to argue or dispute.
to tend or round up (cattle, horses, or other livestock).
to obtain, often by contrivance or scheming; wangle: He wrangled a job through a friend.
a noisy or angry dispute; altercation.
Origin of wrangle
1Other words for wrangle
Other words from wrangle
- outwrangle, verb (used with object), out·wran·gled, out·wran·gling.
- un·wran·gling, adjective
Words that may be confused with wrangle
- wangle, wrangle
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How to use wrangle in a sentence
With each new boldface name she charmed, the plump girl from Iowa gleefully wrangled her way closer to the front of the line.
But he spoke to the right people at Bell Helicopter Textron, and somehow wrangled himself a chopper.
Bob Tur, the L.A. Riots’ Eye in the Sky, on Reginald Denny & More | Matthew DeLuca | April 27, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe bank wrangled more than $20 billion in mortgage-backed deals in 2006 alone.
She has wrangled half-a-dozen rowboats so that people can fish in the sea nearby.
Plagued by low ratings, ABC wrangled with Cho about her weight, not being Asian enough, and then being too Asian.
They wrangled together for a few minutes, and then Nib was handed over.
That Lass O' Lowrie's | Frances Hodgson BurnettWe wrangled about the seating accommodation of the hut, for the cart-tail was but short, and I wanted her to have it to herself.
The Yeoman Adventurer | George W. GoughFolsom himself, in such calm as he could command, stood silent while his captors wrangled.
Warrior Gap | Charles KingThis was the estimate upon which the British, French and American delegations wrangled pleasantly for weeks.
Thereupon the two zealots wrangled and jangled till Aronson's ears ached.
The Incendiary | W. A. (William Augustine) Leahy
British Dictionary definitions for wrangle
/ (ˈræŋɡəl) /
(intr) to argue, esp noisily or angrily
(tr) to encourage, persuade, or obtain by argument
(tr) Western US and Canadian to herd (cattle or horses)
a noisy or angry argument
Origin of wrangle
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