| VERB | communication | wrangle, brawl | to quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively |
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| stative | wrangle | herd and care for | |
| NOUN | communication | wrangle, quarrel, row, words, run-in, dustup | an angry dispute |
| communication | wrangle, haggle, haggling, wrangling | an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining) |
| Sounds | rae'nggahl | |
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| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | An angry dispute. | |
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| Synonyms | quarrel, row, words, run-in, dustup | |
| Narrower | affray, altercation, fracas | noisy quarrel |
| bicker, bickering, spat, tiff, squabble, pettifoggery, fuss | A quarrel about petty points | |
| bust-up | A serious quarrel (especially one that ends a friendship) | |
| Broader | dispute, difference, difference of opinion, conflict | A disagreement or argument about something important |
| Spanish | altercado, brega, camorra, choque, discusión, disputa, dustup, encontrón, palabras, pelea, pelotera, pleito, reyerta, riña, roce, trifulca | |
| Catalan | baralla, batussa, brega, disputa, dustup, renyina | |
| Verbs | wrangle | to quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively |
| Meaning | An instance of intense argument (as in bargaining). | |
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| Synonyms | haggle, haggling, wrangling | |
| Broader | bargaining | The negotiation of the terms of a transaction or agreement |
| Spanish | regateo | |
| Catalan | regateig | |
| Meaning | To quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "The bar keeper threw them out, but they continued to wrangle on down the street" | |
| Synonym | brawl | |
| Broader | quarrel, dispute, scrap, argufy, altercate | Have a disagreement over something |
| Spanish | alborotar, altercar, pelearse, pelear, reñir | |
| Catalan | barallar-se, discutir-se, esvalotar | |
| Nouns | wrangle | an angry dispute |
| wrangler | someone who argues noisily or angrily | |
| wrangling | an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining) | |
| Meaning | herd and care for. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "wrangle horses" | |
| Broader | herd | Keep, move, or drive animals |
| Spanish | arrear, disputar | |
| Nouns | wrangler | a cowboy who takes care of the saddle horses |
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