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&unr_;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. &unr_;95. ] 1. To quarrel noisily and outrageously. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let a man that is a man consider that he is a fool that brawleth openly with his wife. Golden Boke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To complain loudly; to scold. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To make a loud confused noise, as the water of a rapid stream running over stones. [ 1913 Webster ]

Where the brook brawls along the painful road. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To wrangle; squabble; contend. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A noisy quarrel; loud, angry contention; a wrangle; a tumult; as, a drunken brawl. [ 1913 Webster ]

His sports were hindered by the brawls. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Noise; quarrel; uproar; row; tumult. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One that brawls; wrangler. [ 1913 Webster ]

Common brawler (Law), one who disturbs a neighborhood by brawling (and is therefore indictable at common law as a nuisance). Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Quarreling; quarrelsome; noisy. [ 1913 Webster ]

She is an irksome brawling scold. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Making a loud confused noise. See Brawl, v. i., 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

A brawling stream. J. S. Shairp. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a brawling manner. [ 1913 Webster ]