wrangle
To convince or influence by arguing or contendingTo convince or influence (someone) by arguing or contending.
» They were wrangling.
Вони сперечалися.
Meaning
13 senses(transitive)To convince or influence (someone) by arguing or contending.
(transitive)Followed by out of: to elicit (something) from a person by arguing or bargaining.
(US, Western, transitive)To herd (horses or other livestock).
herd and care for
To herd (horses or other livestock).
(US, Western, broadly, humorous, transitive)To manage or supervise (people).
treiben
(US, Western, figuratively, transitive)To gather and organize (data, facts, information, etc.), especially in a way which requires sentience rather than automated methods alone, as in data wrangling.
(also, figuratively, intransitive)To quarrel angrily and noisily; to bicker.
rangeln, streiten
пререка́тьсяprerekátʹsja, спо́ритьspóritʹ, вздо́ритьvzdóritʹ
to quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively
(intransitive)To make harsh noises as if quarrelling.
(also, figuratively, intransitive)To argue, to debate; also (dated), to debate or discuss publicly, especially about a thesis at a university.
(archaic, rare, transitive)To speak or write (something) in an argumentative or contentious manner.
(archaic, rare, transitive)To spend (time) arguing or quarrelling.
(obsolete, transitive)Followed by out of: to compel or drive (someone or something) away through arguing.
(obsolete, transitive)Followed by out: to put forward arguments on (a case, a matter disagreed upon, etc.).
Examples
4 sentencesThey were wrangling.
Вони сперечалися. — deniko
This contract dispute turned into a legal wrangle.
We are involved in a legal wrangle over payments.
The two scholars wrangled over the meaning of an obscure Tibetan phrase.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
Origin
The verb is derived from Middle English wranglen, wrangle (“to contend with (someone) in aThe verb is derived from Middle English wranglen, wrangle (“to contend with (someone) in a test of strength; (figuratively) to make misleading arguments to entrap”); from a Middle Dutch or Middle Low German word related to Middle Dutch wrangen and Middle Low German wrangen (“to cause an uproar; to struggle, wrestle”) (whence Low German wrangeln (“to wrangle”)), related to Middle Dutch wringen (“to twist; to wrest; to wring; to struggle, wrestle”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wringaną (“to squeeze; to twist; to wring”).
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Forms
wrangles, wrangling, wrangled, wrangledSynonyms
16 synonymsWord family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle