brawl
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Middle English braule, brall "brawl, squabble" from braulen, brallen "to clamour, boast, quarrel". Compare Middle High German prālen "to boast, flaunt" (German prahlen "to vaunt, boast, flaunt"), Low German brallen "to brag", Dutch brallen "to boast", Danish bralle "chatter, jabber".
[edit] Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɔːl
- (US) IPA: /brɔl/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA: /brɑl/
[edit] Noun
Bauernrauferei beim Kartenspiel (Smallholders Playing Cards, c. 1630–1640) by Flemish painter Adriaen Brouwer
brawl (plural brawls)
- A fight, usually with a huge amount of people involved.
[edit] Translations
A fight or quarrel
[edit] Verb
brawl (third-person singular simple present brawls, present participle brawling, simple past and past participle brawled)
[edit] Translations
fight or quarrel