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brangle en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈbɹæŋ.ɡəl/

Etymology

Perhaps related to branle.

Meanings

  1. (archaic) A squabble.
    • "I was a fool, it's a fact, to let any such brangle come up," said Legree; "but, when the boy set up his will, he had to be broke in." 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin:

Forms

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brangles Number=Plur lexicographic

brangle en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈbɹæŋ.ɡəl/

Etymology

Perhaps related to branle.

Meanings

  1. To squabble.
    • "As if he'd let a cow-handed bantling like you handle them," Cecily muttered. "Children!" Meredyth protested, her face flushing. "What must Lord Englemere think, to hear you brangle so?" 1999, Julia Justiss, The Wedding Gamble, page 104:

Forms

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brangled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
brangled Tense=Past lexicographic
brangling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
brangles Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

embrangle · branglement · brangler