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WRANGLE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An instance of intense argument (as in bargaining)

Synonyms:

haggle; haggling; wrangle; wrangling

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("wrangle" is a kind of...):

bargaining (the negotiation of the terms of a transaction or agreement)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An angry dispute

Example:

they had words

Synonyms:

dustup; quarrel; row; run-in; words; wrangle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("wrangle" is a kind of...):

conflict; difference; difference of opinion; dispute (a disagreement or argument about something important)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wrangle"):

affray; altercation; fracas (noisy quarrel)

bicker; bickering; fuss; pettifoggery; spat; squabble; tiff (a quarrel about petty points)

bust-up (a serious quarrel (especially one that ends a friendship))

Derivation:

wrangle (to quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

To quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively

Example:

The bar keeper threw them out, but they continued to wrangle on down the street

Synonyms:

brawl; wrangle

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "wrangle" is one way to...):

altercate; argufy; dispute; quarrel; scrap (have a disagreement over something)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

wrangle (an angry dispute)

wrangler (someone who argues noisily or angrily)

wrangling (an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Herd and care for

Example:

wrangle horses

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "wrangle" is one way to...):

herd (keep, move, or drive animals)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

wrangler (a cowboy who takes care of the saddle horses)

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