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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024brawl /brɔl/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a noisy fight in a public place:The barroom brawl spilled out into the street.
v. [no object] - to fight angrily and noisily:groups of demonstrators brawling in the street.
brawl•er, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024brawl (brôl),USA pronunciation n. - a noisy quarrel, squabble, or fight.
- a bubbling or roaring noise;
a clamor. - Slang Termsa large, noisy party.
v.i. - to quarrel angrily and noisily;
wrangle. - to make a bubbling or roaring noise, as water flowing over a rocky bed.
- 1350–1400; (verb, verbal) Middle English brawlen, brallen to raise a clamor, quarrel, boast; of uncertain origin, originally; (noun, nominal) Middle English braule, brall, derivative of the noun, nominal
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged wrangle, row, tumult, affray, altercation, rumpus. See disorder.
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged squabble, fight, bicker, row.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: brawl /brɔːl/ n - a loud disagreement or fight
- US slang an uproarious party
vb (intransitive)- to quarrel or fight noisily; squabble
- (esp of water) to flow noisily
Etymology: 14th Century: probably related to Dutch brallen to boast, behave aggressivelyˈbrawler n |