wrangle

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
wrangle/ˈraŋɡl/

▶noun a long and complicated dispute or argument. ▶verb

• 1 engage in a wrangle.

• 2 N. Amer. round up or take charge of (livestock).

– origin ME: cf. Low Ger. wrangeln, frequentative of wrangen ‘to struggle’; rel. to wring.