n. 1 fight, mêlée or melee, battle, battle royal, Donnybrook, fray, wrangle, dispute, disorder, brannigan, fracas, row, quarrel, squabble, Colloq punch-up, free-for-all, scrap, ruckus The police had to be brought in to break up the brawl
v. 2 fight, wrangle; row, quarrel, squabble, Colloq scrap The two brothers always seem to be brawling