brawl

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  1. noun A noisy quarrel or fight.
  2. noun A loud party.
  3. noun A loud, roaring noise.
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squabble ·  riot ·  uproar ·  quarrel ·  brawler ·  skirmish ·  feud ·  confrontation ·  revelry ·  contention ·  duel ·  wrangle

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brawl:   brawling
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  1. Middle English braul, from braullen, to quarrel.

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  1. Early modern English also brall, from Middle English brallen, cry out, vociferate, = Dutch brallen, boast, = Danish bralle, jabber, chatter, = Middle High German prālen, German prahlen, boast, vaunt, flaunt; apparently identical with Middle English brawlen, braulen, quarel, Welsh brawl, a boast, brolio, boast, vaunt, bragal, vociferate, etc. Cf. also French brailler (=Provencal brailar), cry out, bawl, prob. from braire, bray: see bray. The ult. source of all these forms is perhaps the same. See brag.
  2. Early modern English also brall; a corruption of earlier bransle, also written bransel, brantle, brangle, etc., from French bransle, now branle, a dance, same as bransle, branle, verbal noun of bransler, branler, shake, move, etc.: see brandle, brantle, branle.
 

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