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wrangle

[ rang-guhl ]

verb (used without object)

wrangled, wrangling.
  1. to argue or dispute, especially in a noisy or angry manner.

    Synonyms: ,



verb (used with object)

wrangled, wrangling.
  1. to argue or dispute.
  2. to tend or round up (cattle, horses, or other livestock).
  3. to obtain, often by contrivance or scheming; wangle:

    He wrangled a job through a friend.

noun

  1. a noisy or angry dispute; altercation.

    Synonyms: , ,

wrangle

/ ˈ°ùæŋɡə±ô /

verb

  1. intr to argue, esp noisily or angrily
  2. tr to encourage, persuade, or obtain by argument
  3. tr to herd (cattle or horses)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a noisy or angry argument
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of wrangle1

1350–1400; Middle English, apparently < Low German wrangeln, frequentative of wrangen to struggle, make an uproar; akin to wring
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of wrangle1

C14: from Low German wrangeln; related to Norwegian vrangla
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Example Sentences

Two and a bit months in to Trump's second term, the strategy from the government in the UK has been to wrangle in private and say as little as possible in public.

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There has been a personal fallout, a wrangle over the charity's future direction, and broken relationships with damaging accusations being made.

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It was the start of years of humiliating legal wrangles.

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He checked to see if anyone was hiding under a car, in a truck bed, in one of several outbuildings — “always looking over your shoulder†— before helping wrangle any cows wandering where they shouldn’t.

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The dispute is now heading for a three-day trade tribunal hearing, after formal talks to resolve the wrangle failed.

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