Brawl

Definition: Brawl

Brawl

Noun

1. An uproarious party.

2. A noisy fight in a crowd.

Verb

1. To quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively: "The bar keeper threw them out, but they continued to wrangle on down the street.".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "brawl" was first used: sometime around 1378. (references)

Synonyms: Brawl

Amusement

Festivity, merrymaking; party; (social gathering); blowout, hullabaloo, hoedown, bat, bum, bust, clambake, donation party, fish fry, jamboree, kantikoy, nautch, randy, squantum, tear, Turnerfest, yule log; fete, festival, gala, ridotto; revels, revelry, reveling; carnival, brawl, saturnalia, high jinks; feast, banquet; (food); regale, symposium, wassail; carouse, carousal; jollification, junket, wake, Irish wake, picnic, fete champetre, regatta, field day; treat.

Discord

Get into hot water, fish in troubled waters, brawl; kick up a row, kick up a dust; turn the house out of window.

Broil, brawl, row, racket, hubbub, rixation; embroilment, embranglement, imbroglio, fracas, breach of the peace, piece of work, scrimmage, rumpus; breeze, squall; riot, disturbance; (disorder); commotion; (agitation); bear garden, Donnybrook, Donnybrook Fair.

Disorder

Turmoil; ferment; (agitation); to-do, trouble, pudder, pother, row, rumble, disturbance, hubbub, convulsion, tumult, uproar, revolution, riot, rumpus, stour, scramble, brawl, fracas, rhubarb, fight, free-for-all, row, ruction, rumpus, embroilment, melee, spill and pelt, rough and tumble; whirlwind; bear garden, Babel, Saturnalia, donnybrook, Donnybrook Fair, confusion worse confounded, most admired disorder, concordia discors; Bedlam, all hell broke loose; bull in a china shop; all the fat in the fire, diable a' quatre, Devil to pay; pretty kettle of fish; pretty piece of work, pretty piece of business.

Crosswords: Brawl

Welsh (bluster, boast, brag, gabble, tattle).

Check this out, now she ready to brawl (Take Your Time; performing artist: HOT)

Step outside but not to brawl (Scar Tissue; performing artist: Red Hot Chili Peppers)

Foot Brawl (1966)

The Crystal Brawl (1957)

Barbecue Brawl (1956)

Firemen's Brawl (1953)

Base Brawl (1948)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Backyard brawl : a retrospective of one of college football's most intense rivalries : East Carolina University vs. N.C. State University (reference)

• Brawl Ridiculous: Swordfighting in Shakespeare's Plays (Revels Plays Companion Library) (reference)

• The brawl (reference)

• The scented brawl : selected articles and interviews (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Battle Creek Brawl (aka ""The Big Brawl"") (reference)

• Best of Fall Brawl (reference)

• Ultimate Fighting Championship, Vol. 7: The Brawl in Buffalo (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

High Tech

• Brawl Brothers (reference)

• Twisted Metal Small Brawl (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

I do the wrong, and first begin to brawl.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Human Rights

Bulgaria

Gerdanov, a bodyguard at a nightclub, allegedly had started beating a client who had been involved in the brawl. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expression using "brawl": night brawl. Additional references.

Ending with "brawl": street-brawl.

Albanian

grindje (altercation, bickering, blowup, bobbery, breach, breeze, broil, contention, contest, disagreement, discord, disputation, dispute, dissension, feud, fight, fray, friction, jar, quarrel, squabble, strife, variance, wrangle), grindem (altercate, Bicker, cample, carp, differ, disagree, dispute, fall out, fight, find fault with, fray, fret, grizzle, grouse, have words with, Pule, quarrel, spat, swear, wrangle). (various references)

Arabic 

‏هدر (boom, growl, plash, roar, squandering, thud, thunder, waste, yell), ‏تشاجر (broil, come to blows, fraying, hassle, jangle, quarrel, row, rumble, scrap, scrimmage, scuffle, set to, spat, squabble), ‏عراك (affray, battle, fight, melee, quarrel, ruck, scuffle, slugfest), ‏ضوضاء (clamor, clamour, clutter, hubbub, hullabaloo, hurly burly, pandemonium, plonk, pother, racket, row, rowdiness, rowdyism, rumpus, shouting, stink, tub-thumping, tumult), ‏البرولة رقصة قديمة, ‏شجار (affray, altercation, bicker, breeze, broil, controversy, fight, fracas, melee, miff, muss, quarrel, row, rowdiness, ruck, ruction, rumble, rumpus, scrap, scuffle, set to, shindy, slugfest, squabble, squall, tiff). (various references)

Bulgarian 

ромоля (babble, murmur, purl, ripple), караница (altercation, brabble, hassle, jar, rhubarb, wrangle), карам се (altercate, brabble, call down, disagree, jangle, quarrel, row, scold, spat, squabble, wrangle), публичен скандал. (various references)

Chinese 

争吵 (Brawled, Brawling, Quarrel, Quarreled, Quarreling, Quarrelled, Quarrelling, Wrangled, Wrangling), 毆 . (various references)

Czech

výtržnost (affray, disturbance, disturbance of the peace, riot, row), hádka (altercation, argument, brush, bust up, ding-dong, dispute, fight, hassle, quarrel, row, scrap, set to, skirmish, squabble, strife, wrangle), hádat se (argue, be at odds with, dispute, quarrel, scrap, wrangle). (various references)

Dutch

kloppartij (scuffle), hevige twist (scuffle). (various references)

Farsi 

نزاع وجدال کردن , سروصداکردن (Doodle), جنجال (Hubbub, Jangle, Scuffle, Tumult), دادوبیداد (Broil, Jangle, Rampage, Riot, Scrimmage, Squabble, Uproar, Wrangle). (various references)

Finnish

tappelu (fight, riot, rough-and-tumble, scuffle), räyhätä (make a disturbance), rähistä, rähinä (racket), kiivas riita (scuffle). (various references)

French

rixe (brawling). (various references)

German

schlägerei (affray, bovver, fight, fray, punch-up, ruction, set to), sich schlagen (battle, duel, fight, find, hit oneself, to battle). (various references)

Greek 

καυγάσ (altercation, bust up, contention, scramble, scuffle, squabble, wrangle), σύρραξη (clash, scuffle), συμπλέκομαι (engage, fight, scrimmage), φιλονικία (altercation, broil, contention, disputation, fray, jangle, quarrel, row, ruckus, ruction, scrap, spat, squabble, wrangle), φιλονεικώ. (various references)

Hebrew 

קטט�" (affray, altercation, fight, fray, odds, quarrel, squabble, strife). (various references)

Hungarian

veszekedés (altercation, bickering, blow up, broil, dispute, flare-up, hassle, jangle, jarring, quarrel, run-in, tiff, traverse, unpleasantness), verekedés (brawling, fight, fray, hassle, melee, mix in, punch-up, rowdiness, run-in, scrap, scrimmage, scuffle, set-to, tussle), lármás veszekedés. (various references)

Indonesian

ribut (ado, blatant, boisterious, din, hectic), percekcokan (argument, fuss, quarrel), keributan (ado, affray, blatancy, boisteriousness, cain, commotion, hubbub), kegaduhan (ado, racket, tumult, uproar). (various references)

Italian

rissa (affray, fight, fray, tussle). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

喧嘩 (failure, quarrel). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

け�"か (failure, flower offering, nut, prefecture, price of a cocoon, quarrel). (various references)

Korean 

말다툼. (various references)

Manx

jannoo boiraneys (bluster, bluster as person, broil), boiraneys (annoyance, bluster, discord, disturbance, harassment, nonsense, tumult). (various references)

Norwegian

slagsmål (action, battle, fight, scuffle, struggle), klammeri. (various references)

Pig Latin

awlbray.(various references)

Portuguese

rixa (affray, bully, riot, rumpus, scrimmage, scuffle, tussle). (various references)

Romanian

tãrãboi (affray, broil, fuss, halloo, hullabaloo, hurly burly, kerfuffle, racket, rattle, riot, row, rumpus, shindy, shine, splatter-dash, the devil among the tailors, to-do, uproar), susura (babble, Bicker, chatter, gurgle, hum, murmur, Pearl, prattle, purl, ripple, swish), susur (babble, chatter, gurgle, murmur, prattle, ripple, warble, whisper), striga (bark out, bawl, bellow, break, call, call out, clamor, clamour, cry, cry cherries, cry out, ejaculate, hail, hallo, halloo, hollo, hoop, howl, page, roar, scream, screech, shout, shriek, shriek out, squall, vociferate, yell), se certa (altercate, be at odds, dispute, fall foul of, fall out, go foul of, haggle, jangle, quarrel, row, run foul of, spar, squabble, wrangle), se încãiera (fall over each other, scuffle), pãruialã (scrap, scuffle, squabble, tussle), murmura (babble, Bicker, breathe, chatter, croak, growl, grumble, gurgle, kick, moan, mumble, murmur, mutter, Pearl, prattle, purl, ripple, round, rustle, sough, warble, whisper), murmur (babble, babbling, Bicker, chatter, garrulity, hum, moan, mumbling, murmur, mutter, prattle, rhubarb, ripple, rustle, rustling, warble), hãrţuialã (harassment, squabble, wrangle), certa (abuse, altercate, berate, blame, censure, chide, rag, rebuke, reprehend, reprove, row, scold, squabble, taunt), ceartã (altercation, Bicker, bobbery, breeze, broil, conflict, contention, controversy, discord, discussion, dispute, dissension, friction, jangle, loggerhead, misunderstanding, quarrel, row, scrap, set to, squabble, squall, Stour, strife, tussle, wrangle). (various references)

Russian 

уличная драка (aggro), скандалить свалка, шумная ссора (battle royal, fracas, set to), шуметь (din, jangle, make a noise, make noise, rag, raise jack, whir, whirr), драться (come to blows, fight, scuffle). (various references)

Scottish

tabaid (fight, fight. See <A HREF="mf10.html#sabaid">sabaid</A>), sabaid (a brawl, fight, tussle), iorghaill (uproar). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

tuča (dogfight, fight, free for all, rumble, scrap, scrape, scuffle, set to, shindig, tussle), svađati se (altercate, dispute, fall out, natter, quarrel, spat), svađa (affray, altercation, contention, disagreement, hassle, odds, quarrel, rhubarb, spat, squabble), gužva (affray, crowd, crush, jam, melee, pother, row, shindy, squeeze, stir, tussle). (various references)

Spanish

zurra (beating, curriery, currying, dressing, leathering, scuffle, thrashing), riña (argument, berate, disagreement, fight, fray, muss, quarrel), reyerta (affray, roughhouse), pleito (action, case, cause, complaint, controversy, dispute, lawsuit, quarrel, suit, trial), pendencia, pelearse (broil, clash, fall out, scramble, scrap, set to, tussle), escarapela (cockade, rosette), alboroto (ballyhoo, commotion, disturbance, fracas, hubbub, hurly burly, mayhem, noise, rampage, riot, rowdiness, turmoil). (various references)

Swedish

oväsen (ado, Caterwaul, clatter, clutter, commotion, din, fray, hubbub, hubub, hullaballoo, hullabaloo, hurly burly, noise, outcry, racket, shindig, shindy), bråk (ado, bother, din, disturbance, dust-up, flare up, fracas, fraction, fray, fuss, hubbub, hullaballoo, hullabaloo, incident, kick up, miff, noise, rag, row, ruction, rumpus, trouble, tumult, unpleasantness, uproar, upset). (various references)

Turkish

tartışmak (altercate, argue, bat around, Bicker, bust, canvass, challenge, contend, controvert, debate, discuss, dispute, have a row with, have a set-to, have words with smb., jangle, join issue with smb., moot, negotiate, set to, spar, take issue with smb., wrangle), tartışma (altercation, argument, argumentation, bickering, breeze, broil, bust up, contention, contest, contestation, controversy, cross talk, debate, disagreement, discussion, disputation, dispute, hassle, jangle, moot, parley, quarrel, rap, row, set to, shooting match, spar, sparring, teach-in, wordy warfare, wrangle), kavga etmek (altercate, feud, fight, hassle, have a row with, have a set-to, jar, quarrel, scrap, set to, spar, tangle with, wrangle), kavga (affray, brawling, broil, bust up, conflict, contention, dispute, feud, fight, fighting, fray, jangle, jar, kick up, miff, odds, punch-up, quarrel, row, rumpus, scrap, scuffle, set to, shooting match, strife, tilt, unpleasantness, wrangle), hırgür (quarrel, squabble), gürül gürül akmak. (various references)

Ukrainian

скандалити (cut up rough, rag, raise cain, row, scrimmage, scrummage), галаслива сварка, вуличний скандал. (various references)

Welsh

terfysgu (rage, riot, surge), ffrwgwd (affray, bout, squabble), ffraeo (bicker, quarrel), ffrae (altercation, quarrel). (various references)

iurgium, jurgium, rixa, rixae, rixam, rixari, rixas, rixati, rixis, rixosa. (various references)

noise. (various references)

brailler. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "brawl": brawled, brawler, brawlers, brawlie, brawlier, brawliest, brawling, brawls, brawly. (additional references)

Words ending with "brawl": outbrawl. (additional references)

Words containing "brawl": outbrawled, outbrawling, outbrawls. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Brawl" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: baral, Baraul, Barwah, Beruwela, braiw, bral, braow, Braul, bravw, brawd, brawle, brawt, brel, Brewell, browl, grawl, Rawl. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: bawl, blaw, braw.

-2 letters: alb, arb, awl, bal, bar, bra, lab, lar, law, raw, wab, war.

-3 letters: ab, al, ar, aw, ba, la.

+1 letter: barlow, bawler, brawls, brawly, warble.

+2 letters: barlows, bawlers, becrawl, bradawl, brawled, brawler, brawlie, bulwark, rowable, wabbler, warbled, warbler, warbles, wirable.

+3 letters: becrawls, bewailer, blowhard, bradawls, brawlers, brawlier, brawling, brawnily, bulwarks, drawable, growable, outbrawl, wabblers, wabblier, wamblier, warblers, warbling, wearable, workable, writable.

+4 letters: awardable, becrawled, bewailers, blowhards, boardwalk, brawliest, bulwarked, outbrawls, renewable, renewably, screwball, tableware, wallboard, wearables, worktable.