brawl

/brɔ:l/

Thân thiện

A group of people are having a brawl outside a bar at night.

Definition

1. Noun:

   • A noisy, rough, and often public fight involving a group of people: A "brawl" typically refers to a chaotic physical altercation marked by loud shouting, disorder, and a lack of control, often occurring in a crowded place like a bar or street.
   • (Informal) A loud, lively party: In informal contexts, "brawl" can describe a boisterous, uproarious social gathering.

2. Verb (intransitive):

   • To fight or quarrel noisily and disruptively: To "brawl" means to engage in a loud, angry, and often physical argument or fight.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:

  • A brawl broke out between rival fans after the football match.
  • The police were called to break up the brawl in the city center.
  • Their New Year's Eve party was an absolute brawl!

• Verb:

  • The two men started to brawl over a parking space.
  • He was arrested for brawling in a public house.

Advanced Usage

• "to brawl one's way": To move through a place or situation by fighting or pushing aggressively.
  • The protesters brawled their way through the police line.

Variants and Related Words

• Brawler (noun): A person who frequently engages in brawls.
  • He had a reputation as a notorious brawler.

Synonyms

• Noun: Fight, fracas, melee, scuffle, altercation, ruckus.
• Verb: Fight, scuffle, tussle, wrangle, clash.

Related Phrasal Verbs

(Note: "Brawl" is not commonly used with particles to form standard phrasal verbs. The verb is typically used alone.)

Related Idioms

• "A drunken brawl": A very common collocation describing a fight caused by or involving intoxicated people.
  • The evening ended in a drunken brawl.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a noisy fight in a crowd
2. an uproarious party

Verb

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

Từ đồng nghĩa

• free-for-all
• bash
• do
• wrangle