Crossword clues for brawling
brawling
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Brawling \Brawl"ing\, a.
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Quarreling; quarrelsome; noisy.
She is an irksome brawling scold.
--Shak. Making a loud confused noise. See Brawl, v. i.,
A brawling stream.
--J. S. Shairp.
Brawl \Brawl\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Brawled; p. pr. & vb. n. Brawling.] [OE. braulen to quarrel, boast, brallen to cry, make a noise; cf. LG. brallen to brag, MHG. pr?ulen, G. prahlen, F. brailler to cry, shout, Pr. brailar, braillar, W. bragal to vociferate, brag, Armor. bragal to romp, to strut, W. broliaw to brag, brawl boast. ?95.]
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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. To complain loudly; to scold.
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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.
Wiktionary
n. An unruly fight; a brawl. vb. (present participle of brawl English)
WordNet
adj. disposed to loud disagreements and fighting [syn: fighting]
Wikipedia
Brawling (probably connected with German language brüllen, to roar, shout), in law, was the offence of quarrelling, or creating a disturbance in a church or churchyard. Brawling was covered in ecclesiastic courts until 1860. It has rarely been prosecuted since then.
Usage examples of "brawling".
If we are but brawling bravos in this land, where will it find peace but in the iron grip of the last tyrant left standing?
Swamped by brawling bodies, Jasmine the druid, never comfortable indoors, found herself stranded as a fish out of water.
Josi had seen enough of the brawling man to understand just how devastating that fight might become.
Fighting and brawling had always been part of the culture of Fenris, and it seemed to be doing the lads good to be able to vent their frustrations in this way.
In short, sir, I swear to you that I will have you arrested, and marched out of the place, to prevent any further brawling on your part.
Going a little to one side, the hillsman pushed through a thick hedge of bushes, rolled away a rock, and disclosed an opening which led down a steep and rough-hewn way to a great misty valley beneath, where was never a bridle-path or causeway over the brawling streams and boulders.
There was no sound anywhere save the brawling water or the lonely cry of the flute-bird.
But why should brawling braggarts rise With hasty words of shame To drive them back like dogs and swine Who in due honor came?
I found her shackled in lower court, facing charges of brawling and property destruction.
Josi had seen enough of the brawling man to understand just how devastating that fight might become.
Hulgor Delcamper to be sureand by the looks of him, as large, florid, quick-tempered, brawling, and wine-loving as ever!
The apartments in which he was lodged, with his clerk, were next in the dormitory of the lads, and even in the midst of the most excited brawlings the distant sound of his harsh voice, "Silence, messieurs!
But we found upon advancing farther, that Dover was overflowed--many of the houses were overthrown by the surges which filled the streets, and with hideous brawlings sometimes retreated leaving the pavement of the town bare, till again hurried forward by the influx of ocean, they returned with thunder-sound to their usurped station.