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brawl


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Brawl  \Brawl\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Brawled};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Brawling}.]  [OE.  braulen  to  quarrel,  boast,  brallen  to  cry, 
  make  a  noise;  cf  LG  brallen  to  brag,  MHG.  pr?ulen,  G. 
  prahlen  F.  brailler  to  cry,  shout,  Pr  brailar  braillar  W. 
  bragal  to  vociferate,  brag,  Armor.  bragal  to  romp,  to  strut, 
  W.  broliaw  to  brag,  brawl  boast.  ?95.] 
  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.  To  complain  loudly;  to  scold. 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Brawl  \Brawl\,  n. 
  A  noisy  quarrel;  loud,  angry  contention;  a  wrangle;  a  tumult; 
  as  a  drunken  brawl. 
 
  His  sports  were  hindered  by  the  brawls.  --Shak. 
 
  Syn:  Noise;  quarrel;  uproar;  row;  tumult. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  brawl 
  n  1:  an  uproarious  party  [syn:  {bash},  {do}] 
  2:  a  noisy  fight  in  a  crowd  [syn:  {free-for-all}] 
  v  :  to  quarrel  noisily,  angrily  or  disruptively:  "The  bar  keeper 
  threw  them  out  but  they  continued  to  wrangle  on  down  the 
  street."  [syn:  {wrangle}] 




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