brawl

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

BRAWL, verb intransitive [Latin proelior.] 1. To quarrel noisily and indecently. 2. To speak loud and indecently. 3. To roar as water; to make a noise. BRAWL, verb transitive To drive or beat away. BRAWL, noun Noise; quarrel; scurrility; uproar. 1. Formerly, a kind of dance.
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