brawl

brawl
brawler, n.brawly, adj.
/brawl/, n.
1. a noisy quarrel, squabble, or fight.
2. a bubbling or roaring noise; a clamor.
3. Slang. a large, noisy party.
v.i.
4. to quarrel angrily and noisily; wrangle.
5. to make a bubbling or roaring noise, as water flowing over a rocky bed.
[1350-1400; (v.) ME brawlen, brallen to raise a clamor, quarrel, boast; of uncert. orig.; (n.) ME braule, brall, deriv. of the n.]
Syn. 1. wrangle, row, tumult, affray, altercation, rumpus. See disorder. 4. squabble, fight, bicker, row.

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