brawl Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an uproarious party
    do; bash.
  2. noun a noisy fight in a crowd
    free-for-all.
  3. verb to quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively
    wrangle.
    • The bar keeper threw them out, but they continued to wrangle on down the street

WordNet

Brawl intransitive verb
Etymology
OE. braulen to quarrel, boast, brallen to cry, make a noise; cf. LG. brallen to brag, MHG. prulen, G. prahlen, F. brailler to cry, shout, Pr. brailar, braillar, W. bragal to vociferate, brag, Armor. bragal to romp, to strut, W. broliaw to brag, brawl boast. 95.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Brawled present participle & verbal noun Brawling
Definitions
  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 noun
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913