wrangles

Rounds up cattle

Wrangles are noisy disputes or arguments, often prolonged and contentious: departmental wrangles over budget allocations.

To wrangle is to argue or dispute in this way: They wrangled for hours over the contract terms.

In American English, wrangle also means to herd or manage livestock, especially horses: She wrangles horses on a ranch in Montana.

herd

cattle

Domesticated bovines kept commercially

  • cowboysRanch hands tending herds
  • roundupOrganized gathering of scattered things
  • corralFenced livestock enclosure

lasso · livestock · drover · ranch · rodeo · mustangs · steers · horses · stockyard · vaquero

dispute

argues

Presents opposing views

  • debatesFormal argumentative exchanges
  • disputesClashes over differing positions
  • quarrelsAngry disagreements between people

bickers · squabbles · contends · clashes · feuds · spars · haggling · negotiates · tussles · conflicts

Categories
Opposites
conflict vs. harmony

wranglesagrees

Holds the same opinion

concurs · harmonizes · cooperates · accords · acquiesces

dispute vs. resolution

wranglessettles

Comes to rest

resolves · reconciles · makes peace · comes to terms · compromises

Phrases
Family

wrangle, wrangling, wrangler, wrangled, wranglers, wranglings

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G