Dictionary entry

Wrangle

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Wran″gle (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Wrangled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Wrangling (?).] [OE. wranglen to wrestle. See Wrong, Wring.]

1. To argue; to debate; to dispute.

2. To dispute angrily; to quarrel peevishly and noisily; to brawl; to altercate. “In spite of occasional wranglings.” Macaulay.

For a score of kingdoms you should wrangle. Shak.

He did not know what it was to wrangle on indifferent points. Addison.