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Brawl

//bɹɔːl//

Definitions

1
A disorderly argument or fight, usually with a large number of people involved.
Three Ciuell brawles bred of an airie word, / By the old Capulet and Mountague, / Haue thrice diſturbd the quiet of our ſtreets.
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2
A type of dance move or step.

1
To engage in a brawl; to fight or quarrel.
I doe the wrong, and firſt began to braule / The ſecret miſchiefes that I ſet abroach, / I lay vnto the grieuous charge of others: [...]
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Word Origin

The 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 ultimatel...

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Brawl

//bɹɔːl//

Definitions

nounbrawls

1
A disorderly argument or fight, usually with a large number of people involved.
Three Ciuell brawles bred of an airie word, / By the old Capulet and Mountague, / Haue thrice diſturbd the quiet of our ſtreets.
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row scuffle squabble
2
A type of dance move or step.

verbbrawls · brawling · brawled

1
To engage in a brawl; to fight or quarrel.
I doe the wrong, and firſt began to braule / The ſecret miſchiefes that I ſet abroach, / I lay vnto the grieuous charge of others: [...]
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Word Origin

The 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 ultimatel...

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wrangle

2

To create a disturbance; to complain loudly.

Say beggar, why brawlest þou? go boune þe to þe barre.

3

To move to and fro, to quiver, to shake.

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