argle-bargle
argle-bargle · argle-bargles
A verbal argumentA verbal argument.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, slang, uncountable)A verbal argument.
a verbal dispute; a wrangling argument
Origin
First documented in English in 1822, from Scots (where first recorded in 1808), from earliFirst documented in English in 1822, from Scots (where first recorded in 1808), from earlier argle (“argue obstinately, wrangle”) used in English since 16th century, presumably from argue + -le (frequentative suffix), though possibly from Old Norse (Suio-Gothic) ierga – possibly influenced by haggle – plus rhyming reduplication, possibly from bargain, found in early variant aurgle-bargain (1720).
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Forms
plural: argle-bargles| Singular | argle-bargle |
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regular
Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- a verbal dispute; a wrangling argument:argy-bargy
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable