brawl
noun /brɔːl/
/brɔːl/
- a noisy and violent fight involving a group of people, usually in a public place
- He got into a drunken brawl in a bar.
- a pub/tavern/nightclub/barroom brawl
- Police officers were injured in a mass brawl outside a nightclub.
Synonyms fightfight- clash
- brawl
- struggle
- scuffle
- fight a situation in which two or more people try to defeat each other using physical force:
- He got into a fight with a man in the bar.
- clash (journalism) a short fight between two groups of people:
- Clashes broke out between police and demonstrators.
- brawl a noisy and violent fight involving a group of people, usually in a public place:
- a drunken brawl in a bar
- struggle a fight between two people or groups of people, especially when one of them is trying to escape, or to get something from the other:
- There were no signs of a struggle at the murder scene.
- scuffle a short and not very violent fight or struggle:
- He was involved in a scuffle with a photographer.
- a fight/clash/brawl/struggle/scuffle over something
- in a fight/brawl/struggle/scuffle
- a violent fight/clash/struggle
- to be in/get into/be involved in a fight/clash/brawl/scuffle
- a fight/clash/brawl/scuffle breaks out
Extra Examples- They got caught up in a street brawl.
- a brawl between different gangs of football supporters.
- a brawl over a woman
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- drunken
- bar
- barroom
- …
- provoke
- spark
- start
- …
- in a/the brawl
- brawl between
- brawl over
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: perhaps ultimately imitative and related to bray.