brawl
To engage in a brawl; to fight or quarrelTo engage in a brawl; to fight or quarrel.
» It wasn't much of a brawl.
Meaning
5 senses(intransitive)To engage in a brawl; to fight or quarrel.
raufen
буянитьbujanitʹ, дратьсяdratʹsja, бузитьbuzitʹ
(intransitive)To create a disturbance; to complain loudly.
(intransitive)Especially of a rapid stream running over stones: to make a loud, confused noise.
(transitive)To pour abuse on; to scold.
(intransitive, obsolete)To move to and fro, to quiver, to shake.
- to quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively
Examples
20 sentencesIt wasn't much of a brawl.
Tom got involved in a street brawl.
Tom got involved in the brawl.
Tom was involved in a street brawl.
ruТома вовлекли в уличную стычку.
deTom war an einem Straßenkampf beteiligt.
Tom didn't start the brawl.
ruТом не начинал драку.
Translations
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Origin
The verb is derived from Late Middle English braulen, brall, brallen (“to clamour, to shouThe verb is derived from Late Middle English braulen, brall, brallen (“to clamour, to shout; to quarrel; to boast”); further etymology is uncertain, but the word could be related to bray and ultimately imitative. It may be cognate with Danish bralle (“to chatter, jabber”), Dutch brallen (“to boast”), Low German brallen (“to brag”), Middle High German prālen (“to boast, flaunt”) (modern German prahlen (“to boast, flaunt, vaunt”)).
Possibly from French branler (“to shake”), from Old French brandeler (“to shake, wave; to agitate”), from brand, branc (“blade of a sword”), from Vulgar Latin *brandus (“firebrand; flaming sword; sword”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenu- (“to burn”).
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Forms
brawls, brawling, brawled, brawledSynonyms
4 synonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle