Hypertext Webster Gateway: "wrangling"

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 WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

wrangling
n : an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining) [syn: {haggle},
{haggling}, {wrangle}]


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