brawled; brawling; brawls
1
: to quarrel or fight noisily : wrangle
soccer fans brawling in the streets
2
: to make a loud confused noise
the Miami river … brawled over 25 feet of rapids—
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brawler
noun
1
: a noisy quarrel or fight
a brawl broke out among the fans
a barroom brawl
2
: a loud tumultuous noise
the spring run became quite a trout brook and its tiny murmur a loud brawl—John Burroughs
John BurroughsExamples of brawl in a Sentence
Verb
Fans were brawling in the streets after the game.
the Wilsons were always loudly brawling, and the neighbors were always shutting their windows
Noun
they were thrown out of the party after starting a brawl
the student drama society's decision to put on the controversial play prompted a brawl at the school board meeting
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Katie Mettler, Baltimore Sun, 11 Apr. 2025
Read the interview » J. D. Vance brawls with the Catholic Church.
—Ian Crouch, The New Yorker, 12 Feb. 2025
Brian Truitt, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025
Behind them, the brawl for the final two play-off places — to join one of the three aforementioned teams and Sunderland — continued to be played out between Middlesbrough, Coventry City, West Bromwich Albion and Bristol City.
—Gregg Evans, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2025
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Verb
The troubles escalated in 2023, when patients brawled, a patient was raped by his roommate and another patient died under suspicious circumstances.
—Katie Mettler, Baltimore Sun, 11 Apr. 2025
Read the interview » J. D. Vance brawls with the Catholic Church.
—Ian Crouch, The New Yorker, 12 Feb. 2025
Noun
Same for a trip to a country bar, where Chris picks up the dance moves insanely quickly and Brax starts a window-crashing brawl.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025
Behind them, the brawl for the final two play-off places — to join one of the three aforementioned teams and Sunderland — continued to be played out between Middlesbrough, Coventry City, West Bromwich Albion and Bristol City.
—Gregg Evans, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2025
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“Brawl.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brawl. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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