wrastle

or ras·sle, ras·tle

[ ras-uhl ]

/ ˈræs əl /

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

wrestle.

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Origin of wrastle

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

Words nearby wrastle

wrapping paper, wrapround, wrapt, wrap-up, wrasse, wrastle, wrath, wrathful, wrathy, wreak, wreak havoc

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