The Collaborative International Dictionary
Brangle \Bran"gle\, n. [Prov. E. brangled confused, entangled, Scot. brangle to shake, menace; probably a variant of wrangle, confused with brawl. [root]95.> ] A wrangle; a squabble; a noisy contest or dispute. [R.]
A brangle between him and his neighbor.
--Swift.
Brangle \Bran"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Brangled; p. pr. & vb. n. Brangling.] To wrangle; to dispute contentiously; to squabble. [R.]
Wiktionary
n. A squabble. vb. To squabble.
Usage examples of "brangle".
Cedric thought, when he came to town, that he would find himself engaging in a brangle with Clio in the Bellamy ballroom.
Miss Baker-Sneed was not only a forward woman willing to brangle over a few guineas, but she had a rare talent for ascertaining value, and the wit to exploit that ability.
No quiet gong sounding the advent of a Maiden, no warning brangle of alarm bells, no roar of tarfire from the pot over the door.
Chloe away from the brangle that had previously entangled him, as far across the ballroom as he could manage while they waited out the remainder of the second set.
It did no good to brangle with relatives who could so easily make her life miserable.
She hardly noticed when the explanations degenerated into another brangle over which of the girls his lordship preferred.
If Lady Forley joined this dispute, the brangle would become very public.
If I leave them they start brangling and brawling and nothing gets done.
Laurence could not follow the conversation, mostly in German, but that they were brangling was noisily clear.
Sir Alfred had the newspaper propped in front of him in hopes of avoiding the morning brangling between his children and the carping demands of his wife.
In letters sent by prostitutes, officials, and tavernkeeps, the politi cal brangles unfolded, of relations gone from displeased to con tentious at every level of government.