Brawl — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

an uproarious party

a noisy fight in a crowd

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈælɪkˌɑːfɔːɹə/

🇬🇧British English

/bɹˈɔːl/

🇮🇳Indian English

/bɹˈɔːl/

1 syllable Say it as /kˈælɪkˌɑːfɔːɹə/.

Examples

The bar keeper threw them out, but they continued to wrangle on down the street

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

do wrangle free-for-all bash

Parts of Speech

noun	an uproarious party
noun	a noisy fight in a crowd
verb	to quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively “The bar keeper threw them out, but they continued to wrangle on down the street”

Word Forms

brawl	verb	to quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively
brawl	noun	a noisy fight in a crowd
brawler	noun	a fighter (especially one who participates in brawls)
wrangle	noun	an angry dispute
wrangler	noun	someone who argues noisily or angrily
wrangling	noun	an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining)

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Schlägerei

eine ausgelassene Party

🇫🇷French

bagarre

une fête bruyante

🇪🇸Spanish

pelearse

una fiesta ruidosa

🇮🇹Italian

rissa

una festa strepitosa

🇳🇱Dutch

vechtpartij

een luidruchtige partij

🇵🇹Portuguese

briga

uma festa barulhenta

🇷🇺Russian

драка

шумная вечеринка

India

🇮🇳Hindi

विवाद

एक हंगामेदार पार्टी

🇧🇩Bengali

ঝগড়া

একটি উত্তাল পার্টি

🇮🇳Tamil

சண்டை

ஒரு ஆரவாரமான கட்சி

🇮🇳Telugu

ఘర్షణ

ఒక కోలాహలమైన పార్టీ

🇮🇳Marathi

भांडण

एक गोंधळ घालणारा पक्ष

🇮🇳Gujarati

બોલાચાલી

એક તોફાની પાર્ટી

🇮🇳Kannada

ಜಗಳ

ಒಂದು ಗಲಾಟೆಯ ಪಕ್ಷ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ബഹളം

ഒരു കോലാഹല പാർട്ടി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਝਗੜਾ

ਇੱਕ ਹੰਗਾਮਾ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲੀ ਪਾਰਟੀ

🇵🇰Urdu

جھگڑا

ایک ہنگامہ خیز پارٹی

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

争吵

喧闹的聚会

🇯🇵Japanese

乱闘

騒々しいパーティー

🇰🇷Korean

말다툼

소란스러운 파티

🇻🇳Vietnamese

cuộc ẩu đả

một bữa tiệc náo nhiệt

🇹🇭Thai

ทะเลาะวิวาท

งานปาร์ตี้ที่โกลาหล

🇮🇩Indonesian

ribut

pesta yang riuh

🇵🇭Filipino

awayan

isang maingay na party

🇲🇾Malay

bergaduh

pesta yang kecoh

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

شجار

حفلة صاخبة

🇮🇷Persian

نزاع

یک مهمانی پر سر و صدا

🇹🇷Turkish

kavga

gürültülü bir parti

🇮🇱Hebrew

קְטָטָה

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