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

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

From Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg

In that posture, he, after God, saved the said ark from danger, for with his legs he gave it the brangle that was needful, and with his foot turned it whither he pleased, as a ship answereth her rudder.

From Project Gutenberg