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brawl
/bɹɔl/
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What does brawl mean?
noun
- A disorderly argument or fight, usually with a large number of people involved.
verb
- To engage in a brawl; to fight or quarrel.
- To create a disturbance; to complain loudly.
More meanings (5)
verb
- Especially of a rapid stream running over stones: to make a loud, confused noise.
- To pour abuse on; to scold.
- (obsolete) To move to and fro, to quiver, to shake.
noun
- (obsolete) A type of dance move or step.
- (historical) Alternative form of branle (“dance of French origin dating from the 16th century, performed by couples in a circle or a line; the music for this dance”).
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IPA pronunciation
/bɹɔl/
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He is knight, dubbed with unhatched rapier, and on carpet consideration, but he is a devil in private brawl.
The average man knows this well, and after a brawl, after contradictory testimony, etc., both parties hurry to be beforehand in laying the information.
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But the whole scheme was upset by a box on the ear, which, in a drunken brawl, the Elector of Brandenburg unfortunately inflicted upon his intended son-in-law.
“I take possession of man’s mind and deed. I care not what the sects may brawl. I sit as God holding no form of creed, But contemplating all.”
The work is certainly done, but after a very rude fashion; all become soddened with Tarobá, and the day finishes often in a drunken brawl.