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verb (used without object)
1.
to argue or dispute, especially 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.
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Wrangled
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noun
5.
a noisy or angry dispute; altercation.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English, apparently < Low German wrangeln, frequentative of wrangen to struggle, make an uproar; akin to wring
1350–1400; Middle English, apparently < Low German wrangeln, frequentative of wrangen to struggle, make an uproar; akin to wring
Related forms
out·wran·gle, verb (used with object), -gled, -gling.
un·wran·gling, adjective
Synonyms
1, 5. quarrel, brawl. 5. argument.
1, 5. quarrel, brawl. 5. argument.
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Word Origin & History
wrangle
late 14c., 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 1540s. Wrangler "person in charge of horses or cattle, herder" is first
EXPANDrecorded 1888; as a proprietary name for a brand of jeans, copyrighted 1947, claiming use from 1929.
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