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Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : rang-guhl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈræŋ gəl



Definition of wrangle

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Low German wrangeln "to dispute, to wrestle," related to Middle Low German wringen, from Proto-Germanic *wrang-, from PIE *wrengh-, nasalized variant of *wergh- "to turn" (see wring). Related: Wrangled; wrangling. The noun is recorded from 1540s.
  • noun fight, argument
  • verb fight, argue
Example sentences :
  • Suppose she has to pay excess on her luggage, or to wrangle about contraband?
  • Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
  • For this Testament do both creeds revere that wrangle over the later.
  • Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill
  • Then there was a wrangle among them; some said there was something in the vat, and others said no.
  • Extract from : « Epic and Romance » by W. P. Ker
  • The wrangle with Winnie over this continued throughout the meal.
  • Extract from : « Rosemary » by Josephine Lawrence
  • Yes, that's what wears on me—they wrangle about me as if I had no right to say what part I am to take.
  • Extract from : « The Tyranny of the Dark » by Hamlin Garland
  • It is but a gardener's wrangle—how best to guard roses from slugs.
  • Extract from : « The God of Love » by Justin Huntly McCarthy
  • But we can only conjecture dimly, and leave the controversialists to wrangle.
  • Extract from : « The Cornwall Coast » by Arthur L. Salmon
  • "Let us get to business," cried the priest, anxious to terminate the wrangle.
  • Extract from : « Grey Town » by Gerald Baldwin
  • He is no base grater of his tythes, and will not wrangle for the odd egg.
  • Extract from : « Microcosmography » by John Earle
  • You don't surely mean to say that you want to go and wrangle with Lalage?
  • Extract from : « Lalage's Lovers » by George A. Birmingham

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