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Definition of Brawl
1. Verb. To quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively. "Sam and Sue brawl"; "The bar keeper threw them out, but they continued to wrangle on down the street"
Generic synonyms: Altercate, Argufy, Dispute, Quarrel, Scrap
Derivative terms: Brawler, Wrangle, Wrangler, Wrangling
2. Noun. An uproarious party.
3. Noun. A noisy fight in a crowd.
Definition of Brawl
1. v. i. To quarrel noisily and outrageously.
2. n. A noisy quarrel; loud, angry contention; a wrangle; a tumult; as, a drunken brawl.
Definition of Brawl
1. Noun. A fight, usually with a huge amount of people involved. ¹
2. Verb. To engage in a brawl; to fight or quarrel. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Brawl
1. to fight [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: fight
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brawl
Literary usage of Brawl
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary; Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1867)
"brawl. A kind of dance; spelt bransle by some authors : being from branle, ...
There is the figure of a brawl set down in the Malcontent, iv, ..."
2. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"2. contend, differ, disagree, altercate; spec, quarrel, bicker, brabble (archaic),
brawl, jangle, wrangle, jar, flite or flyte (archaic or dial. ..."
3. Two Months in the Highlands, Orcadia, and Skye by Charles Richard Weld (1860)
"brawl Castle. — Description of the Building. — Old brawl. — Curious Rooms. ...
My Companions at brawl.—Our Piper. — Domestic Troubles.—Halkirk Postmaster. ..."
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