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Definition of Argle-bargle
1. Noun. A verbal dispute; a wrangling argument.
Generic synonyms: Arguing, Argument, Contention, Contestation, Controversy, Disceptation, Disputation, Tilt
Geographical relationships: Britain, Great Britain, U.k., Uk, United Kingdom, United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland
Definition of Argle-bargle
1. Noun. (slang) A verbal argument. ¹
2. Verb. (slang) To argue. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Argle-bargle
Literary usage of Argle-bargle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Retrospects by William Angus Knight (1904)
"Well, that's a good phrase, but it's not true, as regards metaphysics and the
metaphysicians, They argle-bargle, I say ; they chatter, I say ; and they're ..."
2. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1887)
"... Jamieson suggested ; but argle- bargle and all its varieties illustrate the
Scottish tendency to drop or change the liquids in words that are much asea. ..."
3. The Quarterly Review by John Gibson Lockhart, George Walter Prothero, William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Baron Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, Sir William Smith (1907)
"... or argle- bargle, ' to argue, bandy words'; chim-cham, ' to talk in a long-winded
style, to beat about the bush'; easy-osie, ' easy-going'; flim-flam, ..."
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