Thesaurus: wrangle

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1. v. i. To argue; to debate; to dispute.
2. v. i. To dispute angrily; to quarrel peevishly and noisily; to brawl; to altercate.
3. v. t. To involve in a quarrel or dispute; to embroil.
4. n. An angry dispute; a noisy quarrel; a squabble; an altercation.
5. n. an angry dispute
6. n. an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining)
7. v. to quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively
8. v. herd and care for
9. 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. Shak. He did not know what it was to wrangle on indifferent points. Addison. To involve in a quarrel or dispute; to embroil. [R.] Bp. Sanderson. An angry dispute; a noisy quarrel; a squabble; an altercation. Syn. -- Altercation; bickering; brawl; jar; jangle; contest; controversy. See Altercation.
10. To involve in a quarrel or dispute; to embroil. [R.] Bp.Sanderson.
11. n:21/v:79 v. herd and care for