rangle
Syllables: ran·gle/ˈɹæŋɡəl/
rangle verb: to range about in an irregular manner.
Verb
rangle (third-person singular simple present rangles, present participle rangling, simple past and past participle rangled)
- To range about in an irregular manner.
- Haue you not heard it long ago of cunning Fawkners tolde, / […] / And ſuch as knowe the luring voice of him that féedes them ſtill: / And neuer rangle farre abroade againſt the kéepers will, / Doe farre excéede the haggarde Hauke that ſtoopeth to no ſtale: / Nor forceth on the Lure awhit, but...1567, George Turbervil[l]e, “The Louer to a Gentlewoman, that after Great Friendship without Desart or Cause of Mislyking Refused Him”, in Epitaphes, Epigrams, Songs and Sonets, with a Discourse of...
- She bath’d her blade in blood up to the hilt, / And with the ſame their bodies all ſhe mangled, / All that abode her blowes, their bloud was ſpilt, / They ſcaped beſt that here and thither ranged,^([sic]) / Or thoſe whoſe horſes overthrown at tilt, / Lay with their maſters on the earth intangled.1591, [Ludovico Ariosto], “The XIX. Booke”, in Iohn Haringtõ [i.e., John Harington], transl., Orlando Furioso in English Heroical Verse, […], London: […] Richard Field […], →OCLC, stanza 56
Noun
rangle (uncountable)
- Stones or gravel eaten by birds of prey to improve digestion; gastroliths
- Previously she was seen eating on 1 pigeon fledgling 2 days before swalling the rangle1982, Jorge L. B. Albuquerque, “Observations on the use of rangel by the Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus tundrius) wintering in southern Brasil”, in Raptor Research, volume 16, number 3, pages...
Forms of rangle
| third-person singular present | rangles |
|---|---|
| present participle | rangling |
| past participle | rangled |
| past | rangled |
Origin of rangle
From range + -le (frequentative suffix).
Words that rhyme with rangle
Questions about rangle
- What does rangle mean?
- Rangle means to range about in an irregular manner.
- What part of speech is rangle?
- Rangle can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce rangle?
- Rangle is pronounced /ˈɹæŋɡəl/.
- What is the past tense of rangle?
- The past tense of rangle is rangled.
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