Hypertext Webster Gateway: "wrangle"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Wrangle \Wran"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wrangled}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Wrangling}.] [OE. wranglen to wrestle. See {Wrong},
{Wring}.]
1. To argue; to debate; to dispute. [Obs.]
2. To dispute angrily; to quarrel peevishly and noisily; to
brawl; to altercate. ``In spite of occasional
wranglings.'' --Macaulay.
For a score of kingdoms you should wrangle. --Shak.
He did not know what it was to wrangle on
indifferent points. --Addison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Wrangle \Wran"gle\, v. t.
To involve in a quarrel or dispute; to embroil. [R.] --Bp.
Sanderson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Wrangle \Wran"gle\, n.
An angry dispute; a noisy quarrel; a squabble; an
altercation.
Syn: Altercation; bickering; brawl; jar; jangle; contest;
controversy. See {Altercation}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
wrangle
n 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}]
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}]
2: herd and care for; "wrangle horses"
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