Wrangle Definition

rănggəl
wrangled, wrangles, wrangling
verb
wrangled, wrangles, wrangling
To quarrel angrily and noisily.
Webster's New World
To argue (a person) into or out of something.
Webster's New World
To argue; dispute.
Webster's New World
To attempt to deal with or understand something; contend or struggle.
American Heritage
To herd (livestock, esp. saddle horses)
Webster's New World
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noun
wrangles
The act of wrangling.
American Heritage
An angry, noisy dispute or quarrel.
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Other Word Forms of Wrangle

Noun

Singular:
wrangle
Plural:
wrangles

Origin of Wrangle

  • Middle English wranglen of Middle Low German origin wer-2 in Indo-European roots V., tr., sense 2, back-formation from wrangler cowhand in charge of horses, horse herder

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Wrangle Sentence Examples

  • We don't believe in a long legal wrangle.

  • There's going to be a legal wrangle anyway, whatever route is chosen.

  • Now herons call And wrangle by their pool; and hooting owls Sail from the wood above pale stooks of oats.

  • He became parish Surveyor, and when required, measured the land for farmers and laborers in Wrangle and the adjacent parishes.

  • After an internal wrangle, it's selling its brewery site, ending 200 years of operations.

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