Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A noisy quarrel or fight.
- n. A loud party.
- n. A loud, roaring noise.
- v. To quarrel or fight noisily.
- v. To flow noisily, as water.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To speak loudly and complainingly or angrily; be clamorous or noisy; quarrel noisily and indecently.
- To roar, as water flowing over a pebbly or rocky bed; make a loud babbling noise.
- Synonyms To wrangle, squabble, dispute (noisily).
- To wrangle about; be noisy or contentious regarding.
- To drive away or beat down by noise.
- n. A kind of dance; a branle.
- n. See braul.
Wiktionary
- n. A fight, usually with a huge amount of people involved.
- v. To engage in a brawl; to fight or quarrel.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To quarrel noisily and outrageously.
- v. To complain loudly; to scold.
- v. To make a loud confused noise, as the water of a rapid stream running over stones.
- n. A noisy quarrel; loud, angry contention; a wrangle; a tumult.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a noisy fight in a crowd
- n. an uproarious party
- v. to quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively
Etymologies
- Middle English braul, from braullen, to quarrel.
Examples
“The brawl is an extreme example, but both incidents brought shame upon the organizations (the Pacers, of course, had a number of other off-court problems).”
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“A similar brawl is taking place in the Ninth, a sprawling pie-shaped district that radiates from Bloomington to the Ohio River.”
“The old "man of science" versus "man of faith" brawl is on yet again.”
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“Throw in what Dorsey took as a snub by Rhodes, and the big fella was ready to brawl from the opening tip.”
“Was seen stomping opponents in brawl with Florida International.”
“Me suggesting a brawl is meerly suggesting that some people need to have some sense knocked into them.”
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“USATODAY. com - Pistons, Pacers say brawl is old news, let's move on”
USATODAY.com - Pistons, Pacers say brawl is old news, let's move on
“Pistons, Pacers say brawl is old news, let's move on”
USATODAY.com - Pistons, Pacers say brawl is old news, let's move on
“One UNH student stabbed, another bludgeoned in brawl DURHAM - Two male University of New Hampshire students were injured when what police are calling a "brawl" erupted early Saturday morning.”
“23 Bransle, in English, brawl — a species of dance.”
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GRE Barrons Wordlist
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abase, abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abject, abjure and 4084 more...
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Them's fightin' words
brannigan, fisticuffs, donnybrook, lambaste, fracas, fray, imbroglio, melee, squabble, quarrel, skirmish, stramash and 28 more...
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movement (fast)
words describing fast action or movement
( randomness, descriptive )hurry, run, scamper, skip, stride, stampede, trample, scramble, dart, spring, spin, sprint and 140 more...
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fight
words for fighting
bout, fight, match, smackdown, blue, stoush, battle, clash, fuss, fray, ruckus, tussle and 91 more...
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sound (loud)
words for loud sounds
( descriptive, randomness )crash, thud, bump, thump, boom, smash, explode, roar, scream, screech, short, yell and 167 more...

Kristianto2010 As we follow His right-side-up ways, we discover that turning the other cheek keeps us from getting caught in a brawl, that it is more blessed to give than to receive, and that dying to self is life at its best.
Jan 26, 2011