wrastle

or ras·sle, ras·tle

[ ras-uhl ]

verb (used with or without object), nounwras·tled, wras·tling,

Origin of wrastle

1
1200–50; Middle English wrastlen, variant of wrestlen to wrestle

Words Nearby wrastle

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How to use wrastle in a sentence

  • Quit bickerin' with me, little one, an' see if you can't wrastle up some ham an' eggs.

    Captain Scraggs | Peter B. Kyne
  • Had to wrastle Pedro away from the stove an' I ain't quite on to that oven yet, but they look good, don't they?

    Rimrock Trail | J. Allan Dunn
  • "I'd have to wrastle that out with the coroner afterward, I expect," replied Dingwell casually.

    The Sheriff's Son | William MacLeod Raine
  • For aw can wrastle ony chap mi own weight, an' aw'll set misen agean th' world for bein a judge ov a gooid maily puttate.

    Yorksher Puddin' | John Hartley
  • I ain't goin' to wrastle with no ca on this here trip, none whatever.

    Hopalong Cassidy's Rustler Round-Up | Clarence Edward Mulford