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wrangle
English
Etymology
From Middle English wranglen, from Low German wrangeln (“to wrangle”), frequentative form of wrangen (“to struggle, make an uproar”); equivalent to wring +? -le. Related to Danish vringle (“to twist, entangle”) and German rangeln (“to wrestle”). More at wrong, wring.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??æ?.??l/
- Rhymes: -æ???l
Verb
wrangle (third-person singular simple present wrangles, present participle wrangling, simple past and past participle wrangled)
- (intransitive) To bicker, or quarrel angrily and noisily.
- c. 1611, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act V, Scene 1,[1]
- Yes, for a score of kingdoms you should wrangle,
- And I would call it, fair play.
- 1716, Joseph Addison, The Freeholder, No. 39, Friday, May 4, 1716, in The Works of Joseph Addison, Volume III, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1837, p. 235,[2]
- He did not know what it was to wrangle on indifferent points, to triumph in the superiority of his understanding, or to be supercilious on the side of truth.
- 1941, Emily Carr, Klee Wyck, Chapter 18,[3]
- I stood where land and sea wrangled ferociously over the overlap.
- c. 1611, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act V, Scene 1,[1]
- (transitive) To herd (horses or other livestock); (humorously) to supervise, manage (people).
- 1962, “The Second Time Around,” Time, 12 January, 1962,[4]
- When she tries to wrangle a calf, she ends up flat on her face in the barnyard muck.
- 2010, Sean Gordon, “Gionta settles in, stands out,” The Globe and Mail, 3 October, 2010,[5]
- Wrangling a chaotic group of five-year-olds is unnerving enough without the added stress of a famous NHLer in the room helping lace his son’s skates.
- 1962, “The Second Time Around,” Time, 12 January, 1962,[4]
- (transitive, by figurative extension from the sense with animals and people) To gather and organize (facts, information, data), especially in ways that require sentience rather than automated methods alone, as in data wrangling.
- Synonym: munge
- (transitive) To involve in a quarrel or dispute; to embroil.
- 1649, Robert Sanderson, Letter to N. N. respecting the relative Merits of the Presbyterians and the Independents, 10 April, 1649, in George D’Oyly, The Life of William Sancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury, Volume II, London: John Murray, 1821, Appendix, p. 442,[6]
- When we have wrangled ourselves as long as our wits and strengths will serve us, the honest, downright sober English Protestant will be found, in the end, the man in the safest way, and by the surest line […]
- 1649, Robert Sanderson, Letter to N. N. respecting the relative Merits of the Presbyterians and the Independents, 10 April, 1649, in George D’Oyly, The Life of William Sancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury, Volume II, London: John Murray, 1821, Appendix, p. 442,[6]
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:squabble
Derived terms
- wrangler
- wrangling
Translations
Noun
wrangle (plural wrangles)
- An act of wrangling.
- Wrangle and bloodshed followed thence.
- An angry dispute.
- January 31 2020, Boris Johnson, Brexit Day speech
- For many people this is an astonishing moment of hope, a moment they thought would never come. And there are many of course who feel a sense of anxiety and loss. And then of course there is a third group — perhaps the biggest — who had started to worry that the whole political wrangle would never come to an end.
- January 31 2020, Boris Johnson, Brexit Day speech
Translations
Anagrams
- Wangler, wangler
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rangle
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)
- (obsolete, dialect, Britain) To range about in an irregular manner.
Etymology 2
Noun
rangle (uncountable)
- 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
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- Online Hunsrik Dictionary
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