| 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: brawl, broil2, donnybrook, fracas, fray1, free-for-all, melee, row3 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. |
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