wrangling

wrangling
    n 1: an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining) [syn:
         {haggle}, {haggling}, {wrangle}, {wrangling}]
    

Wrangle \Wran"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wrangled}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Wrangling}.] [OE. wranglen to wrestle. See {Wrong},
   {Wring}.]
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   1. To argue; to debate; to dispute. [Obs.]
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   2. To dispute angrily; to quarrel peevishly and noisily; to
      brawl; to altercate. "In spite of occasional wranglings."
      --Macaulay.
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            For a score of kingdoms you should wrangle. --Shak.
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            He did not know what it was to wrangle on
            indifferent points.                   --Addison.
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66 Moby Thesaurus words for "wrangling":
      Kilkenny cats, aggressive, altercation, apologetics, apologia,
      apology, argument, argumentation, bellicose, belligerent, bicker,
      bickering, casuistry, cat-and-dog life, combat, combative,
      conflict, contention, contentiousness, contest, contestation,
      controversy, cut and thrust, debate, defense, disputation,
      disputatious, dispute, divisive, enmity, eristic, factional,
      factious, fighting, flyting, hassle, hostility, hubbub, irascible,
      irritable, litigation, litigious, logomachy, paper war, partisan,
      passage of arms, polarizing, polemic, polemics, pugnacious,
      quarrel, quarreling, quarrelsome, quarrelsomeness, rhubarb,
      scrapping, set-to, shrewish, squabbling, strife, struggle,
      verbal engagement, war, war of words, warfare, words