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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Brawl

/brôl/ · IPA /bɹɔl/
01 v. i. To quarrel noisily and outrageously.
imp. & p. p. Brawled; p. pr. & vb. n. Brawling
  1. 1.
    To quarrel noisily and outrageously.
    “Let a man that is a man consider that he is a fool that brawleth openly with his wife.” — Golden Boke.
  2. 2.
    To complain loudly; to scold.
  3. 3.
    To make a loud confused noise, as the water of a rapid stream running over stones.
    “Where the brook brawls along the painful road.” Wordsworth.
Syn. To wrangle; squabble; contend.
02 n. A noisy quarrel; loud, angry contention; a wrangle; a tumult; as, a drunken brawl.
  1. 1.
    A noisy quarrel; loud, angry contention; a wrangle; a tumult; as, a drunken brawl.
    “His sports were hindered by the brawls.” Shak.