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dispute, bickering; obtainment (e.g. through persuasive argument); act of persuading someone to give something

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Fight, Dogfight, Affray. In Turkish: 1)Bağrışıp, çağrışma, 2) Dalaş

verb intransitive 1: to dispute angrily or peevishly : bicker 2 : to engage in argument or controversy verb transitive 1: to obtain by persistent arguing or maneuvering : wangle 2[back-formation fr. wrangler] : to herd and care for (livestock and esp. horses) on the range
wrangle verb
1syn QUARREL, bicker, brabble, caterwaul, fall out, row, scrap, spat, squabble, tiff 2syn ARGUE , argufy, bicker, dispute, hassle, quibble, squabble

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Noun
1. an angry dispute; "they had a quarrel"; "they had words"
(synonym) quarrel, row, words, run-in, dustup
(hypernym) dispute, difference, difference of opinion, conflict
(hyponym) affray, altercation, fracas
(derivation) brawl
2. an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining)
(synonym) haggle, haggling, wrangling
(hypernym) bargaining

Verb
1. to quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively; "The bar keeper threw them out, but they continued to wrangle on down the street"
(synonym) brawl
(hypernym) quarrel, dispute, scrap, argufy, altercate
(derivation) quarrel, row, words, run-in, dustup
2. herd and care for; "wrangle horses"
(hypernym) herd
(derivation) horse wrangler, wrangler

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wrangle
\wran"gle\ (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. wrangled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. wrangling (?).] [oe. wranglen to wrestle. see wrong, wring.]
1. to argue; to debate; to dispute. [obs.]
2. to dispute angrily; to quarrel peevishly and noisily; to brawl; to altercate. "in spite of occasional wranglings." for a score of kingdoms you should wrangle. he did not know what it was to wrangle on indifferent points.
wrangle
\wran"gle\, v. t. to involve in a quarrel or dispute; to embroil. [r.] sanderson.
wrangle
\wran"gle\ (?), n. an angry dispute; a noisy quarrel; a squabble; an altercation.

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