1. A noisy fight in a crowd
   "A brawl broke out among the protesters";
   - free-for-all, stoush [Austral, NZ, informal], bagarre [rare]

1. To quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively
   "The neighbours brawled over the property line";
   - wrangle
    
2. Fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters
   "the drunken men started to brawl";
   - scuffle, tussle, stoush [Austral, NZ, informal]

Derived forms: brawls, brawling, brawled

Type of: altercate [archaic], argufy [informal], combat, dispute, fight, fighting, quarrel, row[2], scrap, struggle

Encyclopedia: Brawl, Scotland