Wrangle (Verb)
Meaning 1
To quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively; "The bar keeper threw them out, but they continued to wrangle on down the street".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- The two politicians continued to wrangle on live television long after the debate had officially ended.
- The bartender had to intervene to stop the argument escalating, but the two men continued to wrangle on the sidewalk.
- Neighbours called the police to report a disturbance after the couple began to wrangle loudly in the middle of the night.
- The teenagers were kicked out of the restaurant for being unruly and continued to wrangle on the streets outside.
- The union representatives and management went behind closed doors to resolve their issues but the workers outside continued to wrangle.
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Meaning 2
Herd and care for; "wrangle horses".
Classification
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.
Examples
- The young cowboy was tasked with wrangling the horses for the morning ride at the ranch.
- It took several experienced ranch hands to wrangle the wild mustangs that had escaped from their enclosure.
- She spent years learning how to wrangle cattle across vast open ranges in the American West.
- The horse trainer had to wrangle the unruly stallion before it could be entered into the competition.
- As a seasoned rancher, he knew how to wrangle a herd of cows through dense brush with relative ease.