brawl

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Etymology [edit]

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".

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Rhymes: -ɔːl

Noun [edit]

Bauernrauferei beim Kartenspiel (Smallholders Playing Cards, c. 1630–1640) by Flemish painter Adriaen Brouwer

brawl (plural brawls)

  1. A fight, usually with a huge amount of people involved.

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Verb [edit]

brawl (third-person singular simple present brawls, present participle brawling, simple past and past participle brawled)

  1. To engage in a brawl; to fight or quarrel.

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