wrangle🔊

To convince or influence (someone) by arguing or contending.

To elicit (something) from a person by arguing or bargaining.

(archaic, rare) To speak or write (something) in an argumentative or contentious manner.

(archaic, rare) To spend (time) arguing or quarreling.

(Western US) To herd (horses or other livestock).

(by extension, humorous) To manage or supervise (people).

(figuratively) To gather and organize (data, facts, information, etc.), especially in a way which requires sentience rather than automated methods alone, as in data wrangling. +

(obsolete) To compel or drive (someone or something) away through arguing.

(obsolete) To put forward arguments on (a case, a matter disagreed upon, etc.).

(obsolete) To cause (oneself) grief through arguing or quarreling.

(also figuratively) To quarrel angrily and noisily; to bicker. +

To make harsh noises as if quarrelling. +

(also figuratively) To argue, to debate; also (dated), to debate or discuss publicly, especially about a thesis at a university.

An angry dispute; a noisy quarrel; an altercation.

Angry disputation; noisy quarrelling.

(obsolete) A contentious argument or response.

(obsolete) A controversy.