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# wrangling

noun (no plural) or the -ing form of the verb wrangle

«wrangling» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Noisy and long argument between people, or the act of arguing in this way. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrangling/#m1)

### In the lessons

in stories, the loud quarrel that goes on between people, often rude or scolding

### Examples

- The wrangling went on until night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrangling/#x1)
- Their wrangling woke the whole house. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrangling/#x2)
- All that wrangling got them nowhere. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrangling/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «wrangling» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrangling/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«wrangling» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wrangling.html) on Mova free.