Definitions
to quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively
Word origin
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”)).
Used in a sentence
“Three Ciuell brawles bred of an airie word, / By the old Capulet and Mountague, / Haue thrice diſturbd the quiet of our ſtreets.”
“Robert Carlyle appears as Begbie, who starts brawls with almost anyone who crosses his path; [...]”
“I doe the wrong, and firſt began to braule / The ſecret miſchiefes that I ſet abroach, / I lay vnto the grieuous charge of others: [...]”
I do the wrong, and am the first to begin to quarrel. / The secret mischiefs that I set afoot, / I blame on others: …
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Noisy, rough fight”5 letters
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