The Collaborative Dictionary

Wrangle \Wran"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wrangled; p. pr. & vb. n. Wrangling.] [OE. wranglen to wrestle. See Wrong, Wring.] [1913 Webster]

To argue; to debate; to dispute. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

To dispute angrily; to quarrel peevishly and noisily; to brawl; to altercate. "In spite of occasional wranglings." --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] For a score of kingdoms you should wrangle. --Shak. [1913 Webster] He did not know what it was to wrangle on indifferent points. --Addison. [1913 Webster]

Wrangle \Wran"gle\, v. t. To involve in a quarrel or dispute; to embroil. [R.] --Bp. Sanderson. [1913 Webster]

Wrangle \Wran"gle\, n. An angry dispute; a noisy quarrel; a squabble; an altercation. [1913 Webster] Syn: Altercation; bickering; brawl; jar; jangle; contest; controversy. See Altercation. [1913 Webster]

Word Net

wrangle

1 an angry dispute; "they had a quarrel"; "they had words" [syn: quarrel, row, words, run-in, dustup]

2 an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining) [syn: haggle, haggling, wrangling]

1 to quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively; "The bar keeper threw them out, but they continued to wrangle on down the street" [syn: brawl]

2 herd and care for; "wrangle horses"

Moby Thesaurus

altercate, altercation, argue, argufy, argument, bandy words, bicker, bicker over, bickering, blood feud, brawl, broil, cage, caterwaul, cavil, choplogic, contend, contend about, contention, contest, controversy, corral, cross swords, cut and thrust, differ, discept, dispute, donnybrook, donnybrook fair, drive, drove, embroilment, fall out, feud, fight, fight over, flite, fliting, fracas, fuss, give and take, goad, hassle, have it out, have words, herd, imbroglio, join issue, lash, lock horns, logomachize, logomachy, moot, open quarrel, pettifog, plead, polemic, polemicize, polemize, prick, punch cattle, quarrel, quarrel over, quibble, ride herd on, round up, row, sharp words, shepherd, slanging match, snarl, spar, spat, spur, squabble, squabble over, strife, take issue with, take sides, thrash out, tiff, try conclusions, tussle, vendetta, whip, words, wrangle over

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æŋɡəl

Verb

1. In the context of "transitive": to bicker, or quarrel angrily and noisily
2. In the context of "intransitive": to herd horses or other livestock

Translations

• Finnish: rähistä, rettelöidä, riidellä, torailla

Noun

1. An act of wrangling
2. An angry dispute

Translations

• Finnish: tappelu, kiistely, sanasota

Related terms

• wrangler

Wrangle or similar can mean:-

• Wrangle, Lincolnshire, a village in Lincolnshire, England.
• As an intransitive verb, to bicker, or argue angrily and noisily.
• As a transitive verb, to herd horses or other livestock.

See also

• Wrangler
• Wrangel
• Rangel
• In falconry, rangle is stones that a hawk eats to help it to digest its food.