[syn: brawl, wrangle]
2. herd and care for;
- Example: "wrangle horses"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Wrangle \Wran"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wrangled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Wrangling.] [OE. wranglen to wrestle. See Wrong,
Wring.]
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1. To argue; to debate; to dispute. [Obs.]
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2. To dispute angrily; to quarrel peevishly and noisily; to
brawl; to altercate. "In spite of occasional wranglings."
--Macaulay.
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For a score of kingdoms you should wrangle. --Shak.
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He did not know what it was to wrangle on
indifferent points. --Addison.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Wrangle \Wran"gle\, v. t.
To involve in a quarrel or dispute; to embroil. [R.] --Bp.
Sanderson.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Wrangle \Wran"gle\, n.
An angry dispute; a noisy quarrel; a squabble; an
altercation.
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Syn: Altercation; bickering; brawl; jar; jangle; contest;
controversy. See Altercation.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
wrangle
n 1: an angry dispute; "they had a quarrel"; "they had words"
[syn: quarrel, wrangle, row, words, run-in,
dustup]
2: an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining) [syn:
haggle, haggling, wrangle, wrangling]
v 1: to quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively; "The bar
keeper threw them out, but they continued to wrangle on
down the street" [syn: brawl, wrangle]
2: herd and care for; "wrangle horses"