"brangle" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbɹæŋ.ɡəl/ Forms: brangles [plural]
Rhymes: -æŋɡəl Etymology: Perhaps related to branle. Head templates: {{en-noun}} brangle (plural brangles)
  1. (archaic) A squabble. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-brangle-en-noun-olu-WpxH

Verb

IPA: /ˈbɹæŋ.ɡəl/ Forms: brangles [present, singular, third-person], brangling [participle, present], brangled [participle, past], brangled [past]
Rhymes: -æŋɡəl Etymology: Perhaps related to branle. Head templates: {{en-verb}} brangle (third-person singular simple present brangles, present participle brangling, simple past and past participle brangled)
  1. To squabble. Derived forms: branglement, brangler, embrangle
    Sense id: en-brangle-en-verb-HzKq~KVg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 83

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for brangle meaning in English (2.1kB)

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          "ref": "1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin",
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        "A squabble."
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        "(archaic) A squabble."
      ],
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    },
    {
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    }
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}

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  "etymology_text": "Perhaps related to branle.",
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    {
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    },
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        {
          "word": "branglement"
        },
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          "word": "embrangle"
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        {
          "ref": "1999, Julia Justiss, The Wedding Gamble, page 104",
          "text": "\"As if he'd let a cow-handed bantling like you handle them,\" Cecily muttered.\n\"Children!\" Meredyth protested, her face flushing. \"What must Lord Englemere think, to hear you brangle so?\"",
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        "To squabble."
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