brawl
A disorderly argument or fight, usually with a large number of people involvedA disorderly argument or fight, usually with a large number of people involved.
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» It wasn't much of a brawl.
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Examples
20 sentencesIt wasn't much of a brawl.
Tom got involved in a street brawl.
Tom got involved in the brawl.
Meaning
2 sensesA disorderly argument or fight, usually with a large number of people involved.
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дра́каdráka, потасо́вкаpotasóvka
(obsolete)A type of dance move or step.
- an uproarious party
- a noisy fight in a crowd
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”)).
From French branle (“type of dance; an act of shaking, a shake”), from branler (“to shake”), from Old French brandeler (“to shake, wave; to agitate”); see further at etymology 2.
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Forms
plural: brawlsSynonyms
52 synonyms- an uproarious party:bashdo-n
- a noisy fight in a crowd:free-for-all
Word family
9 related wordsSee also
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