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To quarrel noisily and outrageously.

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  1. v. i. To quarrel noisily and outrageously.
  2. v. i. To complain loudly; to scold.
  3. v. i. To make a loud confused noise, as the water of a rapid stream running over stones.
  4. n. A noisy quarrel; loud, angry contention; a wrangle; a tumult; as, a drunken brawl.
  5. n. an uproarious party
  6. n. a noisy fight in a crowd
  7. v. to quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively
  8. 1. To quarrel noisily and outrageously. Let a man that is a man consider that he is a fool that brawleth openly with his wife. Golden Boke. 2. To complain loudly; to scold. 3. To make a loud confused noise, as the water of a rapid stream running over stones. Where the brook brawls along the painful road. Wordsworth. Syn. -- To wrangle; squabble; contend. A noisy quarrel; loud, angry contention; a wrangle; a tumult; as, a drunken brawl. His sports were hindered by the brawls. Shak . Syn. -- Noise; quarrel; uproar; row; tumult.
  9. A noisy quarrel; loud, angry contention; a wrangle; a tumult;as, a drunken brawl.His sports were hindered by the brawls. Shak.
  10. v:20/n:80 n. a noisy fight in a crowd v. to quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively