wrangle
English
/ˈɹæŋ.ɡəl/
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) To bicker, or quarrel angrily and noisily.
- (transitive) To herd (horses or other livestock); (humorously) to supervise, manage (people).
- (transitive) To involve in a quarrel or dispute; to embroil.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English wranglen borrowed from Low German wrangeln (wrangle) suffix from English wring (press).
Origin
English
wring
Gloss
press
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- wrangler English
- wranglership English
- wranglesome English
- wranglest English
- wrangleth English
- wrangling English
- wring English
- wring-house English
- wringable English
- wringbolt English
- wringer English
- wringest English
- wringeth English
- wringing English
- Gerangel German
- Rangelei German
- rangeln German
- wranglen Middle English
- wranglyng Middle English
- wrangeln Low German
- wrangen Low German