brangle

English

Etymology

Perhaps related to branle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹæŋ.ɡəl/
• Rhymes: -æŋɡəl

Noun

brangle (plural brangles)

1. (archaic) A squabble.
   • 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin:

     "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."

Verb

brangle (third-person singular simple present brangles, present participle brangling, simple past and past participle brangled)

1. To squabble.
   • 1999, Julia Justiss, The Wedding Gamble‎^[1], page 104:

     "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?"

Derived terms

• branglement
• brangler
• embrangle