Definition of BRAWL

brawl

Plural: brawls

Noun

  • an uproarious party
  • a noisy fight in a crowd
  • A disorderly argument or fight, usually with a large number of people involved.
  • A type of dance move or step.
  • Alternative form of branle (“dance of French origin dating from the 16th century, performed by couples in a circle or a line; the music for this dance”).

Verb

Verb Forms: brawled, brawling, brawls

  • To fight noisily or roughly, usually in a public place.
  • to quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively
  • To engage in a brawl; to fight or quarrel.
  • To create a disturbance; to complain loudly.
  • Especially of a rapid stream running over stones: to make a loud, confused noise.
  • To pour abuse on; to scold.
  • To move to and fro, to quiver, to shake.

Examples

  • The intense game felt like a BRAWL over the last triple word score.

Origin / Etymology

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 ultimately imitative. It may be cognate with Danish bralle (“to chatter, jabber”), Dutch brallen (“to boast”), Low German brallen (“to brag”), Middle High German prālen (“to boast, flaunt”) (modern German prahlen (“to boast, flaunt, vaunt”)).
The noun is derived from Middle English brall, bralle, braul, braule, brawle (“disturbance, squabble; brawl”), from the verb braulen: see above.

Scrabble Score: 10

brawl: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
brawl: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
brawl: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

brawl: valid Words With Friends Word