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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Wrangle \Wran"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wrangled; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Wrangling.] [OE. wranglen to wrestle. See Wrong,
     Wring.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. To argue; to debate; to dispute. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To dispute angrily; to quarrel peevishly and noisily; to
        brawl; to altercate. ``In spite of occasional
        wranglings.'' --Macaulay.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              For a score of kingdoms you should wrangle. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              He did not know what it was to wrangle on
              indifferent points.                   --Addison.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Wrangle \Wran"gle\, v. 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. --Shak.
  
              He did not know what it was to wrangle on
              indifferent points.                   --Addison.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  wrangling
       n : an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining) [syn: haggle,
            haggling, wrangle]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  wrangling
     n.
     1 contention; gainstriving
     2 dispute; disputation; quarreling
     3 a dispute; a contentious argument; a brawl
     vb.
     (present participle of en wrangle nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  wrangling
     n.
     1 contention; gainstriving
     2 dispute; disputation; quarreling
     3 a dispute; a contentious argument; a brawl
     vb.
     (present participle of en wrangle nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  wrangling
     n.
     1 contention; gainstriving
     2 dispute; disputation; quarreling
     3 a dispute; a contentious argument; a brawl
     vb.
     (present participle of en wrangle nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  wrangling
     n.
     1 contention; gainstriving
     2 dispute; disputation; quarreling
     3 a dispute; a contentious argument; a brawl
     vb.
     (present participle of en wrangle nocat=1)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Wrangling /ɹˈaŋɡəlɪŋ/
  التّشاجر

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]


  wrangling /ɹˈaŋɡəlɪŋ/
  Hickhack 
     Synonyms: bickering, squabbling

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]


  wrangling /ɹˈaŋɡəlɪŋ/
  hadernd
     Synonyms: quarreling, quarrelling
  
   see: quarrel, wrangle, quarreled, quarrelled, wrangled

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]


  wrangling /ɹˈaŋɡəlɪŋ/
  streitend
   see: wrangle, wrangled, wrangles, wrangled

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]


  wrangling /ɹˈaŋɡəlɪŋ/
   [pej.] Gezanke  [ugs.] , Gezänk  [pej.] , Gezerre  [pej.]  [ugs.] , Gerangel

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]


  wrangling /ɹˈaŋɡəlɪŋ/
  1. pörlekedés
  2. veszekedés
  3. veszekedô
  4. civakodás
  5. pörlekedô
  6. összetûzés
  7. hangos szóváltás
  8. veszekedések
  9. veszekedôs
  10. patvarkodó
  11. civakodó

From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]

/ˈɹæŋɡəɫɪŋ/, /ˈɹæŋɡɫɪŋ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]


  66 Moby Thesaurus words for "wrangling":
     Kilkenny cats, aggressive, altercation, apologetics, apologia,
     apology, argument, argumentation, bellicose, belligerent, bicker,
     bickering, casuistry, cat-and-dog life, combat, combative,
     conflict, contention, contentiousness, contest, contestation,
     controversy, cut and thrust, debate, defense, disputation,
     disputatious, dispute, divisive, enmity, eristic, factional,
     factious, fighting, flyting, hassle, hostility, hubbub, irascible,
     irritable, litigation, litigious, logomachy, paper war, partisan,
     passage of arms, polarizing, polemic, polemics, pugnacious,
     quarrel, quarreling, quarrelsome, quarrelsomeness, rhubarb,
     scrapping, set-to, shrewish, squabbling, strife, struggle,
     verbal engagement, war, war of words, warfare, words

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