EGAVE

wrangle

About 0.24 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb To convince or influence (someone) by arguing or contending. Followed by out of: to elicit (something) from a person by arguing or bargaining. To speak or write (something) in an argumentative or contentious manner. To spend (time) arguing or quarrelling. To herd (horses or other livestock). To manage or supervise (people). To gather and organize (data, facts, information, etc.), especially in a way which requires sentience rather than automated methods alone, as in data wrangling.
  2. verb To convince or influence (someone) by arguing or contending.
  3. verb Followed by out of: to elicit (something) from a person by arguing or bargaining.
  4. verb To speak or write (something) in an argumentative or contentious manner. To spend (time) arguing or quarrelling.
  5. verb To speak or write (something) in an argumentative or contentious manner.
  6. verb To spend (time) arguing or quarrelling.
  7. verb To herd (horses or other livestock). To manage or supervise (people). To gather and organize (data, facts, information, etc.), especially in a way which requires sentience rather than automated methods alone, as in data wrangling.
  8. verb To manage or supervise (people).

Similar words

quarrel words brawl dustup run-in haggle haggling row bicker controversy

Often followed by

over with about and between in for of a

Word family

wrangled wrangles wrangling

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