v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Wrangled p. pr. & vb. n. Wrangling ] [ OE. wranglen to wrestle. See Wrong, Wring. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To argue; to debate; to dispute. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To dispute angrily; to quarrel peevishly and noisily; to brawl; to altercate. “In spite of occasional wranglings.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

For a score of kingdoms you should wrangle. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

He did not know what it was to wrangle on indifferent points. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To involve in a quarrel or dispute; to embroil. [ R. ] Bp. Sanderson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An angry dispute; a noisy quarrel; a squabble; an altercation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Altercation; bickering; brawl; jar; jangle; contest; controversy. See Altercation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. An angry disputant; one who disputes with heat or peevishness. “Noisy and contentious wranglers.” I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One of those who stand in the first rank of honors in the University of Cambridge, England. They are called, according to their rank, senior wrangler, second wrangler, third wrangler, etc. Cf. Optime. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The honor or position of being a wrangler at the University of Cambridge, England. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Contentious; quarrelsome. [ Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]