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Dictionary: brawl   (brôl) pronunciation
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.]

brawler brawl'er n.
brawlingly brawl'ing·ly adv.

SYNONYMS   brawl, broil, donnybrook, fracas, fray, free-for-all, melee, row. 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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noun

    A quarrel, fight, or disturbance marked by very noisy, disorderly, and often violent behavior: affray, broil, donnybrook, fray, free-for-all, melee, riot, row, ruction, tumult. Informal fracas. Slang rumble. See attack/defend.

verb

    To quarrel noisily: broil, caterwaul, row, wrangle. See attack/defend.

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n

Definition: nasty fight
Antonyms: peace, truce

v

Definition: fight nastily
Antonyms: make peace


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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: A noisy quarrel or fight.

pronunciation Many chairs were broken when a brawl broke out in the saloon.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - slagsmål, klammeri
v. intr. - lave spektakel, larme

Nederlands (Dutch)
vechtpartij, vechten, klateren (beek)

Français (French)
n. - bagarre, rixe
v. intr. - se bagarrer, se quereller

Deutsch (German)
n. - Schlägerei
v. - sich streiten, tosen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - καβγάς, τσακωμός
v. - καβγαδίζω, τσακώνομαι, (για νερό) κελαρύζω

Italiano (Italian)
rissa

Português (Portuguese)
n. - briga (f) barulhenta
v. - brigar

Русский (Russian)
ссора, скандал

Español (Spanish)
n. - pelea, riña, camorra
v. intr. - reñir, alborotar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - bråk, gruff, gormande, gräl
v. - bråka, gräla högljutt

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
争吵, 打架, 哗哗声, 哗哗地流水

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 爭吵, 打架, 嘩嘩聲
v. intr. - 爭吵, 嘩嘩地流水

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 말다툼, 물소리, 소란
v. intr. - 말다툼하다, 소리 내며 흐르다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 口論, どんちゃん騒ぎ, ブランル, 喧嘩
v. - 口論する, どなりたてる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مشاجرة (فعل) تشاجر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מריבה, קטטה‬
v. intr. - ‮התקוטט, השתפך ברעש‬


 
 
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