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Webster 1913 Edition

Wrangle

Wran′gle

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Wrangled
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Wrangling
.]
[OE.
wranglen
to wrestle. See
Wrong
,
Wring
.]
1.
To argue; to debate; to dispute.
[Obs.]
2.
To dispute angrily; to quarrel peevishly and noisily; to brawl; to altercate.
“In spite of occasional wranglings.”
Macaulay.
For a score of kingdoms you should
wrangle
.
Shakespeare
He did not know what it was to
wrangle
on indifferent points.
Addison.

Wran′gle

,
Verb.
T.
To involve in a quarrel or dispute; to embroil.
[R.]
Bp. Sanderson.

Wran′gle

,
Noun.
An angry dispute; a noisy quarrel; a squabble; an altercation.
Syn. – Altercation; bickering; brawl; jar; jangle; contest; controversy. See
Altercation
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Wrangle

WRANGLE

,
Verb.
I.
[from the root of wring.] To dispute angrily; to quarrel peevishly and noisily; to brawl; to altercate.
For a score of kingdoms you should wrangle.
He did not know what it was to wrangle on indifferent points.

WRANGLE

,
Verb.
T.
To involve in contention. [Little used.]

WRANGLE

,
Noun.
An angry dispute; a noisy quarrel.

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