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Brawl v. i. [imp. & p. p. Brawled p. pr. & vb. n. Brawling.]
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.
Syn: -- To wrangle; squabble; contend.
Brawl n. A noisy quarrel; loud, angry contention; a wrangle; a tumult; as, a drunken brawl.
His sports were hindered by the brawls. --Shak.
Syn: -- Noise; quarrel; uproar; row; tumult.
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brawl
n 1: an uproarious party [syn: bash, do]
2: a noisy fight in a crowd [syn: free-for-all]
v : to quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively; "The bar keeper
threw them out, but they continued to wrangle on down the
street" [syn: wrangle]