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wringle-wrangled

wringle-wrangled is the simple past and past participle of wringle-wrangle.

Meaning of wringle-wrangle

Verb

wringle-wrangle (third-person singular simple present wringle-wrangles, present participle wringle-wrangling, simple past and past participle wringle-wrangled)

  1. (slang) To argue.
    • You know the foolishness of fighting; here is a haven of rest; and you must needs go back to wringle wrangle among the literary men of London.1883, Sir Walter Besant, The Captains' Room etc., page 25
    Synonyms:
    argle-bargle

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Questions about wringle-wrangled

What is wringle-wrangled the simple past and past participle of?
Wringle-wrangled is the simple past and past participle of wringle-wrangle.

Words near wringle-wrangled in the dictionary

  1. wringing out
  2. wringing out one's sock
  3. wringing wet
  4. wringings
  5. wringle-wrangle
  6. wringle-wrangled
  7. wringle-wrangles
  8. wringle-wrangling
  9. wrings
  10. wrings out
  11. wrings out one's sock

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