wrangle
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Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To convince or influence (someone) by arguing or contending.
- 2.
(transitive)Followed by out of: to elicit (something) from a person by arguing or bargaining.
- 3.
(archaic, rare, transitive)To speak or write (something) in an argumentative or contentious manner.
- 4.
(archaic, rare, transitive)To spend (time) arguing or quarrelling.
- 5.
(US, Western, transitive)To herd (horses or other livestock).
- 6.
(obsolete, transitive)Followed by out of: to compel or drive (someone or something) away through arguing.
- 7.
(obsolete, transitive)Followed by out: to put forward arguments on (a case, a matter disagreed upon, etc.).
- 8.
(obsolete, reflexive, transitive)To cause (oneself) grief through arguing or quarrelling.
- 9.
(also, figuratively, intransitive)To quarrel angrily and noisily; to bicker.
Đồng nghĩa: altercate, contend, squabble, barney, bicker, quarrel, wrangle, argue, tiff, tift, quibble, row, pettifog
- 10.
(intransitive)To make harsh noises as if quarrelling.
Đồng nghĩa: jangle
- 11.
(also, figuratively, intransitive)To argue, to debate; also (dated), to debate or discuss publicly, especially about a thesis at a university.
Danh từ
noun- 1.
(countable)An angry dispute; a noisy quarrel; an altercation.
- 2.
(uncountable)Angry disputation; noisy quarrelling.
Wrangle and bloodshed followed thence.
- 3.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A contentious argument or response.
- 4.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A controversy.
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The verb is derived from Middle English wranglen, wrangle; from a Middle Dutch - or - word related to wrangen and wrangen (whence wrangeln), related to wringen, ultimately from.