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
They really had come into his life, but never people; even his own family were nothing but a background for wrangles.
The Dark Tower | Phyllis BottomeHer form-mates had many wrangles with her about quite trivial matters.
The Jolliest Term on Record | Angela BrazilEven in the most acrimonious wrangles in the courtroom he was always the suave, polished gentleman.
The Third Degree | Charles Klein and Arthur HornblowThen there was the Gossip's Journal, provoking endless parliamentary wrangles, and perhaps helping to develop later on an editor.
The Kirk on Rutgers Farm | Frederick BrckbauerThis is less disguised in the common wrangles between business partners or in the grumbles of a subordinate at his superior.
Group Psychology and The Analysis of The Ego | Sigmund Freud
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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