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wran⋅gle

  [rang-guhl] verb, -gled, -gling, noun
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–verb (used without object)
1. to argue or dispute, esp. in a noisy or angry manner.
–verb (used with object)
2. to argue or dispute.
3. to tend or round up (cattle, horses, or other livestock).
4. to obtain, often by contrivance or scheming; wangle: He wrangled a job through a friend.
–noun
5. a noisy or angry dispute; altercation.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME, appar. < LG wrangeln, freq. of wrangen to struggle, make an uproar; akin to wring

Synonyms:
1, 5. quarrel, brawl. 5. argument.
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wran·gle   (rāng'gəl)   
v.   wran·gled, wran·gling, wran·gles

v.   intr.
To quarrel noisily or angrily; bicker. See Synonyms at argue.
v.   tr.
  1. To win or obtain by argument.
  2. To herd (horses or other livestock).
n.  
  1. The act of wrangling.
  2. An angry, noisy argument or dispute.

[Middle English wranglen, of Middle Low German origin; see wer-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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Wrangle

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.

Wrangle

Wran"gle\, v. t. To involve in a quarrel or dispute; to embroil. [R.] --Bp. Sanderson.

Wrangle

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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Language Translation for : wrangle
Spanish: reñir, pelear,
German: sich zanken,
Japanese: 口論する
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wrangle  (v.)
1377, from Low Ger. wrangeln "to dispute, to wrestle," related to M.L.G. wringen, from P.Gmc. *wrang-, from PIE *wrengh-, nasalized variant of *wergh- "to turn" (see wring). The noun is recorded from 1547. Wrangler "person in charge of horses or cattle, herder" is first recorded 1888; as a proprietary name for a brand of jeans, copyrighted 1947, claiming use from 1929.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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