different between bangle vs rangle

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bæ?.??l/
• Rhymes: -æ???l

Etymology 1

From Hindi ?????? (ba?gl?, “glass bracelet”).

Noun

bangle (plural bangles)

1. A rigid bracelet or anklet, especially one with no clasp.
   • 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, ch. 15

     Mrs. MacAndrew smoothed down the lap of her gown, and gold bangles fell over her wrists.

Translations

Etymology 2

Unknown, yet probably from bang +? -le (frequentative suffix).

Verb

bangle (third-person singular simple present bangles, present participle bangling, simple past and past participle bangled)

1. (transitive, obsolete) to beat about or beat down, as corn by the wind.
2. (obsolete or dialectal) to waste away little by little; squander carelessly; fritter (away).
   • , New York Review Books 2001, p.273:

     Thus betwixt hope and fear, suspicions, angers […] betwixt falling in, falling out, etc., we bangle away our best days, befool out our times […].

   If we bangle away the legacy of peace left us by Christ, it is a sign of our want of regard for him. — Duty of Man.

3. (intransitive) (falconry) to beat about in the air; flutter: said of a hawk which does not rise steadily and then swoop down upon its prey.
4. (intransitive) to flap or hang down loosely, as a hat brim or an animal's ear.

Etymology 3

Apparently from bang (verb) +? -le (instrumental suffix), perhaps ultimately connected with Proto-Germanic *bangilaz. Compare Dutch bengel, German Bengel.

Noun

bangle (plural bangles)

1. (dialectal) The cut branch of a tree; a large, rough stick; the largest piece of wood in a bundle of twigs

Anagrams

• Bangel, Bengal

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??æ??l?/
• Rhymes: -æ???l

Etymology 1

From range +? -le (frequentative suffix).

Verb

rangle (third-person singular simple present rangles, present participle rangling, simple past and past participle rangled)

1. (obsolete, dialect, Britain) To range about in an irregular manner.

Etymology 2

Noun

rangle (uncountable)

1. Stones or gravel eaten by birds of prey to improve digestion; gastroliths [from 17th c.]

References

• James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928) , “Rangle”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume VIII, Part 1 (Q–R), London: Clarendon Press, OCLC 15566697, page 141, column 3.

Anagrams

• Langer, Nagler, Nergal, Rangel, angler, erlang, gen'ral, langer, largen, regnal

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ra?l?/

Verb

rangle

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Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary