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Brawl
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A noisy quarrel; loud, angry contention; a wrangle; a tumult; as, a drunken brawl. His sports were hindered by the brawls. Shak .
Synonyms: Noise; quarrel; uproar; row; tumult.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
1. To quarrel noisily and outrageously. Let a man that is a man consider that he is a fool that brawleth openly with his wife. Golden Boke.
2. To complain loudly; to scold.
3. To make a loud confused noise, as the water of a rapid stream running over stones. Where the brook brawls along the painful road. Wordsworth.
Synonyms: wrangle; squabble; contend.