Definition of wrangle Wrangle

/ɹæˈŋgʌl/ - [ranggul] - wran•gle

We found 12 definitions of wrangle from 4 different sources.

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What does wrangle mean?

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Verb

wrangles, wrangling, wrangled  

wrangle - herd and care for; "wrangle horses"
  herd move together, like a herd
wrangle - to quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively; "The bar keeper threw them out, but they continued to wrangle on down the street"
  brawl
  altercate, argufy, quarrel, dispute, scrap have a disagreement over something; "We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America"; "These two fellows are always scrapping over something"
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • wrangle (v. i.)
    To argue; to debate; to dispute.
  • wrangle (v. i.)
    To dispute angrily; to quarrel peevishly and noisily; to brawl; to altercate.
  • wrangle (v. t.)
    To involve in a quarrel or dispute; to embroil.
  • wrangle (n.)
    An angry dispute; a noisy quarrel; a squabble; an altercation.

Part of speech

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  • wrangle, verb, present, 1st person singular of wrangle (infinitive).
  • wrangle, verb (infinitive).
  • wrangle, noun, singular of wrangles.

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