wrangle

  • 11wrangle — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ bitter ▪ lengthy, long running ▪ legal, planning (BrE) ▪ a lengthy planning wrangle over the height of the building …

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  • 12Wrangle — This unusual and intriguing name is of either Anglo Saxon or Old Scandinavian origin, and is a locational surname deriving from the village of Wrangle, situated near Boston in Lincolnshire. The place is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as… …

    Surnames reference

  • 13wrangle — wran|gle1 [ˈræŋgəl] n a long and complicated argument wrangle over ▪ a bitter wrangle over copyright wrangle with ▪ He was involved in a long legal wrangle with his employers. wrangle 2 wrangle2 v [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: Perhaps from Low German …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 14wrangle — v. 1) to wrangle constantly, incessantly 2) (D; intr.) to wrangle about, over; with * * * [ ræŋg(ə)l] constant incessant wrangle incessantly over with wrangling n (D; intr.) to wrangle about to wrangle constantly …

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  • 15wrangle — I UK [ˈræŋɡ(ə)l] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms wrangle : present tense I/you/we/they wrangle he/she/it wrangles present participle wrangling past tense wrangled past participle wrangled to argue about something for a long time, especially… …

    English dictionary

  • 16wrangle — [[t]ræ̱ŋg(ə)l[/t]] wrangles, wrangling, wrangled V RECIP If you say that someone is wrangling with someone over a question or issue, you mean that they have been arguing angrily for quite a long time about it. [pl n V over n] The two sides have… …

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  • 17wrangle — 1 noun (C) a long and complicated argument: a damaging legal wrangle | a bitter wrangle over imports 2 verb 1 (I) to argue with someone angrily for a long time 2 (T) AmE informal to gather together cows or horses from a large area …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 18wrangle — [c]/ˈræŋgəl / (say rangguhl) verb (wrangled, wrangling) –verb (i) 1. to argue or dispute, especially in a noisy or angry manner. 2. to engage in argument, debate, or disputation. –verb (t) 3. to influence, persuade, or otherwise affect by arguing …

  • 19wrangle — Synonyms and related words: altercate, altercation, argue, argufy, argument, bandy words, bicker, bicker over, bickering, blood feud, brawl, broil, cage, caterwaul, cavil, choplogic, contend, contend about, contention, contest, controversy,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 20wrangle — wran|gle1 [ ræŋgl ] verb intransitive to argue about something for a long time, especially in an angry and unpleasant way: The government is wrangling with various groups demanding compensation. ╾ wran|gling noun uncount wrangle wran|gle 2 [… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English