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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Wrangle \Wran"gle\, verb (used without an object) [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.'' --Macaulay.
For a score of kingdoms you should wrangle. --Shak.
He did not know what it was to wrangle on indifferent points. --Addison.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
wrangling
noun: an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining) [syn: {haggle}, {haggling}, {wrangle}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
66 Moby Thesaurus words for "wrangling": Kilkenny cats, aggressive, altercation, apologetics, apologia, apology, argument, argumentation, bellicose, belligerent, bicker, bickering, casuistry, cat-and-dog life, combat, combative, conflict, contention, contentiousness, contest, contestation, controversy, cut and thrust, debate, defense, disputation, disputatious, dispute, divisive, enmity, eristic, factional, factious, fighting, flyting, hassle, hostility, hubbub, irascible, irritable, litigation, litigious, logomachy, paper war, partisan, passage of arms, polarizing, polemic, polemics, pugnacious, quarrel, quarreling, quarrelsome, quarrelsomeness, rhubarb, scrapping, set-to, shrewish, squabbling, strife, struggle, verbal engagement, war, war of words, warfare, words
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