Cupid shoots me straight to stir up love in the chest; strip away my first letter and I am how you propel a boat across water, or a noisy argument between friends. What was I originally?
An arrow
Cupid's classic weapon of romance is an 'ARROW.' Removing the initial letter 'A' leaves the word 'ROW,' which can describe paddling an oared boat or having a verbal dispute.
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