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 braule, brall "brawl, squabble" from braulen, brallen "to clamour, boast, quarrel". Compare Middle High German prālen "to boast, flaunt" (German prahlen "to vaunt, boast, flaunt"), Low German brallen "to brag", Dutch brallen "to boast", Danish bralle "chatter, jabber". (Wiktionary)
- Middle English braul, from braullen, to quarrel. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
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”
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“Pistons, Pacers say brawl is old news, let's move on”
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“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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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