Brawl

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /bɹɔːl/

• US IPA: /bɹɔl/
• cot-caught IPA: /bɹɑl/

Origin

Middle English braule, brall "brawl, squabble" from braulen, brallen "to clamour, boast, quarrel". Compare Middle High German prālen "to boast, flaunt" (German prahlen "to vaunt, boast, flaunt"), Low German brallen "to brag", Dutch brallen "to boast", Danish bralle "chatter, jabber".

Noun

1. A fight, usually with a large number of people involved.

Full definition of brawl

Verb

1. To engage in a brawl; to fight or quarrel.
2. To complain loudly; to scold.
3. To make a loud confused noise, as the water of a rapid stream running over stones.
• Wordsworthwhere the brook brawls along the painful road