argle-bargle
1argle-bargle — [är′gəl bär′gəl] n. [Informal or Dial.] ARGY BARGY …
2argle-bargle — noun Etymology: reduplication of Scots & English argle, alteration of argue Date: 1872 chiefly British argy bargy …
3argle-bargle — /ahr geuhl bahr geuhl/, n. Chiefly Brit. argy bargy. [1870 75; redupl. of argle, var. of ARGUE] * * * …
4argle-bargle — 1. noun A verbal argument. 2. verb To argue. Last night ye haggled and argle bargled like an apple wife; and then passed me your word, and gave me your hand to back it; and ye ken very well what was the upshot …
5argle-bargle — ar•gle bar•gle [[t]ˈɑr gəlˈbɑr gəl[/t]] n. brit. argy bargy • Etymology: 1870–75; redupl. of argle, var. of argue …
6argle-bargle — argument, lively discussion …
7argle-bargle — ar·gle bar·gle …
8argle-bargle — /agəl ˈbagəl/ (say ahguhl bahguhl) verb (i), noun → argy bargy …
9argle-bargle — noun a verbal dispute; a wrangling argument • Syn: ↑argy bargy • Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ↑Great Britain …
10argle — (v.) 1580s to argue obstinately, from argue, perhaps by influence of haggle. Reduplicated form argle bargle (sometimes argy bargy) wrangling is attested from 1872 …
