WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
brawl /brɔl/USA pronunciation
n.
v. [no object]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- [countable]
- a noisy fight in a public place:The barroom brawl spilled out into the street.
v. [no object]
- to fight angrily and noisily:groups of demonstrators brawling in the street.
brawl
(brôl),USA pronunciation n.
v.i.
brawl′er, n.
brawl′y, adj.
- a noisy quarrel, squabble, or fight.
- a bubbling or roaring noise;
a clamor. - Slang Termsa large, noisy party.
v.i.
- to quarrel angrily and noisily;
wrangle. - to make a bubbling or roaring noise, as water flowing over a rocky bed.
- 1350–1400; (verb, verbal) Middle English brawlen, brallen to raise a clamor, quarrel, boast; of uncertain origin, originally; (noun, nominal) Middle English braule, brall, derivative of the noun, nominal
brawl′y, adj.
- 1. wrangle, row, tumult, affray, altercation, rumpus. See disorder. 4. squabble, fight, bicker, row.
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