wrangle

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

WRANGLE, verb intransitive [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 transitive To involve in contention. [Little used.] WRANGLE, noun An angry dispute; a noisy quarrel.
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