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brawler

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brawl

  [brawl]
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–noun
1. a noisy quarrel, squabble, or fight.
2. a bubbling or roaring noise; a clamor.
3. Slang. a large, noisy party.
–verb (used without object)
4. to quarrel angrily and noisily; wrangle.
5. to make a bubbling or roaring noise, as water flowing over a rocky bed.
Origin:
1350–1400; (v.) ME brawlen, brallen to raise a clamor, quarrel, boast; of uncert. orig.; (n.) ME braule, brall, deriv. of the n.

Related forms:
brawler, noun
brawly, adjective

Synonyms:
1. wrangle, row, tumult, affray, altercation, rumpus. See disorder. 4. squabble, fight, bicker, row.
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brawl   (brôl)   
n.  

  1. A noisy quarrel or fight.

  2. A loud party.

  3. A loud, roaring noise.

intr.v.   brawled, brawl·ing, brawls

  1. To quarrel or fight noisily.

  2. To flow noisily, as water.


[Middle English braul, from braullen, to quarrel.]
brawl'er n., brawl'ing·ly adv.
Synonyms: These nouns denote a noisy, disorderly, and often violent quarrel or fight: a barroom brawl; a broil between the opposing teams; a vicious legal donnybrook; a fracas among prison inmates; eager for the fray; a free-for-all in the schoolyard; police plunging into the melee; an angry domestic row.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

brawl  (v.)
c.1378, braulen "to cry out, quarrel," prob. related to Du. brallen "to boast," or from Fr. brailler "to shout noisily," freq. of braire "to bray." The noun is 1460, from the verb.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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