WRANGLING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wrangling mean? 

• WRANGLING (noun)
  The noun WRANGLING has 1 sense:

1. an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining)

  Familiarity information: WRANGLING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WRANGLING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An instance of intense argument (as in bargaining)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

haggle; haggling; wrangle; wrangling

Hypernyms ("wrangling" is a kind of...):

bargaining (the negotiation of the terms of a transaction or agreement)

Derivation:

wrangle (to quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively)

 Context examples 

Wrangling these two planets into the perfect position is naturally hard to do, but that’s what you have this year.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

To avoid their wrangling I moved some little way apart, and was seated smoking upon the trunk of a fallen tree, when Lord John strolled over in my direction.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A historic deal has been reached to create the world's largest marine reserve in Antarctica, after years of diplomatic wrangling.

(Deal Reached to Create World's Largest Marine Reserve in Antarctica, VOA News)

To their ears came the sounds of dogs wrangling and scuffling, the guttural cries of men, the sharper voices of scolding women, and once the shrill and plaintive cry of a child.

(White Fang, by Jack London)