wrangle
pronunciation
How to pronounce wrangle in British English:
UK [ˈræŋgl]
How to pronounce wrangle in American English:
US [ˈræŋɡəl]
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- Noun:
- an angry dispute
- an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining)
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- Verb:
- to quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively
- herd and care for
Word Origin
- wrangle
- wrangle: see wrong
- wrangle (v.)
- late 14c., from Low German wrangeln "to dispute, to wrestle," related to Middle Low German wringen, from Proto-Germanic *wrang-, from PIE *wrengh-, nasalized variant of *wergh- "to turn" (see wring). Meaning "take charge of horses" is by 1897, American English. Related: Wrangled; wrangling. The noun is recorded from 1540s.
Example
- 1. Diplomats wrangle over targets for 2020 and 2050 .
- 2. Even as negotiators wrangle over the finer points of carbon monitoring or mandatory reduction targets , the outcome will actually matter little for china .
- 3. Or , if mr obama had never wished to engage in a long wrangle with mr netanyahu , he should not have made such ambitious demands in the first place .
- 4. No outsider intervening in a wrangle between denmark or germany would worry about avoiding august 1st , which in 1860 marked a turning point in the bitter row about the schleswig-holstein question .
- 5. During the wrangle in the second chamber , peers supported an amendment requiring the referendum to attract a 40 % turnout in order for its result to stand automatically ( without being referred to parliament for ultimate approval ) .