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Definition of Brangle
1. n. A wrangle; a squabble; a noisy contest or dispute.
2. v. i. To wrangle; to dispute contentiously; to squabble.
Definition of Brangle
1. Noun. squabble ¹
2. Verb. to squabble ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Brangle
1. to wrangle [v BRANGLED, BRANGLING, BRANGLES] - See also: wrangle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brangle
Literary usage of Brangle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1860)
"brangle. — This word is used in Lincolnshire, and is given by Halliwell in quite an
... like the Scotch brangle, to shake, to vibrate, is probably from the ..."
2. The Various Writings of Cornelius Mathews by Cornelius Mathews (1863)
"If you please," said the mulberry-faced brangle, rising with much solemnity,
embedding his ... Was it longer ago than last Sabbath day," continued brangle, ..."
3. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule, George Holmes Howison (1891)
"Quite new, fire-new, spick and brangle, vn Wrangle, squabble. ... Quarrel, wrangle,
brangle. Jangle, squabble, dispute, uproar, broil, altercation, fracas, ..."
4. A Complete Dictionary of the English Language, Both with Regard to Sound and ...by Thomas Sheridan by Thomas Sheridan (1790)
"The fame with brangle. BRANK, brank'. f. Buckwheat. BRANNY, bran'-ny. a. Having the
appearance of bran. BRASEN, brà'zn. ..."
5. A new dictionary of the English language by Charles Richardson (1839)
"D. Brand-wijn ; Ger. -wein ; Sw. Braen-win. Brand, ie burned; and wine, corrupted
into y, in Eng. brangle,* ». To dispute, to squabble, to quarrel. ..."
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