0 present participle of brawl --
1 to fight in a rough, noisy, uncontrolled way: --
Earlier today they treated us to a disgraceful display of brawling and braying in support of mandatory postal ballots, but now that we are discussing the practicalities they are absent.
They differ on a particular case, they may differ very strongly, but they do not go alarming the patient and alarming his relations by brawling in public.
To their disgust, my constituents found themselves booted around as a football buried amidst a scrum of undignified and brawling directorates battling for personal power, shareholders' profits and capital gains.
We do not think that it is okay for parents and carers to smack adults in comparable circumstances; that would be brawling, affray or grievous bodily harm.
They are appalled, too, by the political and ideological brawling that goes on at every international conference.
I would also point out that the village inn is not that scene of brawling drunkenness which some temperance advocates be- lieve it to be.
However, if he wants to have a brawl with anyone, he must choose someone who is used to brawling.
If they visited these public houses, they would find that the neighbours have constantly to put up with fighting and brawling in the streets outside.
