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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.

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[Middle English braul, from braullen, to quarrel.]

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brawler n.

brawling·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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brawl¹

n

1. a loud disagreement or fight

2. US slang an uproarious party

vb (intr)

1. to quarrel or fight noisily; squabble

2. (esp of water) to flow noisily

[probably related to Dutch brallen to boast, behave aggressively]

brawler  n

brawling  n & adj

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brawl²

n

(Performing Arts / Dancing) a dance: the English version of the branle

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	brawl - an uproarious party do, bash party - an occasion on which people can assemble for social interaction and entertainment; "he planned a party to celebrate Bastille Day"
	2.	brawl - a noisy fight in a crowd free-for-all fighting, combat, fight, scrap - the act of fighting; any contest or struggle; "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets"; "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap"
Verb	1.	brawl - to quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively; "The bar keeper threw them out, but they continued to wrangle on down the street" wrangle altercate, argufy, quarrel, scrap, dispute - have a disagreement over something; "We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America"; "These two fellows are always scrapping over something"

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brawl

noun

fight, battle, row (informal), clash, disorder, scrap (informal), fray, squabble, wrangle, skirmish, scuffle, punch-up (Brit. informal), free-for-all (informal), fracas, altercation, rumpus, broil, tumult, affray (Law), shindig (informal), donnybrook, ruckus (informal), scrimmage, shindy (informal), bagarre (French), melee or mêlée He had been in a drunken street brawl.

verb

fight, battle, scrap (informal), wrestle, wrangle, tussle, scuffle, go at it hammer and tongs, fight like Kilkenny cats, altercate Gangs of youths brawled in the street

Translations

brawl [brɔːl]

A. N → pelea f, reyerta f

B. VI → pelear, pegarse

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brawl [ˈbrɔːl]

n [drunken] → rixe f, bagarre f

vi → se bagarrer

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brawl

vi → sich schlagen

n → Schlägerei f

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brawl [brɔːl]

1. n → rissa

2. vi → azzuffarsi

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brawl [brɔːl]

1. n → rissa

2. vi → azzuffarsi

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brawl

n brawl [broːl]

a noisy quarrel or physical fight The police were called out to a brawl in the street. rusie, twis, bakleiery شغب، شجار шумна кавга rvačka skænderi; slagsmål der Krakeel, der Lärm τσακωμός, συμπλοκή pelea, pendencia, alboroto lööming زد و خورد و جنجال tappelu bagarre קְטָטָה गुल-गपाड़ा glasno se svađati lármás veszekedés perkelahian, percekcokan áflog rissa けんか騒ぎ 말다툼, 언쟁 muštynės tracis; skandāls pergaduhan vechtpartij klammeri, støyende slagsmål burda briga încăierare, ceartă шумная ссора, уличная драка hádka; bitka prepir, pretep kavga bråk, gruff การทะเลาะวิวาท hırgür, arbede, yumruk yumruğa kavga 爭吵，打架 галаслива сварка جھگڑا ، گالی گلوچ sự cãi lộn ầm ỹ 吵架

v

to fight noisily. rusie maak, twis, baklei يتشاجر بضجيج، يتعارك карам се шумно rvát se skændes; slås krakeelen καβγαδίζω pelearse taplema با سر و صدا کتکاری کردن tapella (se) bagarrer לְהִתקוֹטֵט झगड़ना vikati civakodik berkelahi, cekcok slást litigare 騒々しくけんかする 말다툼하다 muštis, kelti skandalą rīkot tračus; skandalēties bergaduh dengan bising ruzia an slåss, lage spetakkel awanturować się brigar a (se) încăiera, a (se) certa скандалить, драться biť sa prepirati se svađati se bråka, gruffa ทะเลาะวิวาท gürültülü patırtılı kavga etmek 吵架 сваритися, галасувати شور مچا کر جھگڑا کرنا đánh lộn ầm ỹ 吵架