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Entry 4 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Wrangle

/răng'-gəl/ · Wran·gle · IPA /ˈɹæŋɡ(ə)l/
01 v. i. To argue; to debate; to dispute.
imp. & p. p. Wrangled; p. pr. & vb. n. Wrangling
  1. 1.
    To argue; to debate; to dispute.[Obs.]
  2. 2.
    To dispute angrily; to quarrel peevishly and noisily; to brawl; to altercate.
    “For a score of kingdoms you should wrangle.” — Shak.
    “He did not know what it was to wrangle on indifferent points.” — Addison.
02 v. t. To involve in a quarrel or dispute; to embroil.
  1. 1.
    To involve in a quarrel or dispute; to embroil.[R.]
03 n. An angry dispute; a noisy quarrel; a squabble; an altercation.
  1. 1.
    An angry dispute; a noisy quarrel; a squabble; an altercation.
Syn. Altercation; bickering; brawl; jar; jangle; contest; controversy. See Altercation.