brangle

American  

[brang-guhl] / ˈbræŋ gəl /

noun

1. a squabble.

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verb (used without object)

brangled, brangling

1. to dispute in a noisy or angry manner; squabble.

Etymology

Origin of brangle

First recorded in 1545–55; perhaps variant of branle

Example Sentences

The cause whie they haunte solitarie places, it is by reason, that they may affraie and brangle the more the faith of suche as them alone hauntes such places.

From Daemonologie. by James I, King of England

E. brangled confused, entangled, Scot. brangle to shake, menace; probably a variant of wrangle, confused with brawl.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

And the same frequency of acts, but less subtile by reason of the clearer vowel a, is indicated in jangle, tangle, spangle, mangle, wrangle, brangle, dangle; as also in mumble, grumble, jumble.

From A Grammar of the English Tongue by Johnson, Samuel