WRANGLE

v. n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To argue; to debate; to dispute. [Obs.]

2.
v.

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.

3.
v.

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

4.
n.

An angry dispute; a noisy quarrel; a squabble; an altercation.

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