Definition of "brawl" []

• A noisy quarrel or fight. (noun)
• A loud party. (noun)
• A loud, roaring noise. (noun)
• To quarrel or fight noisily. (verb-intransitive)
• To flow noisily, as water. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The brawl is an extreme example, but both incidents brought shame upon the organizations (the Pacers, of course, had a number of other off-court problems)."
• "A similar brawl is taking place in the Ninth, a sprawling pie-shaped district that radiates from Bloomington to the Ohio River."
• "The old "man of science" versus "man of faith" brawl is on yet again."