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What is another word for brawling?

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Verb

Present participle for to physically fight, especially in a rough or noisy way

Present participle for to have an argument or quarrel with someone

Present participle for to engage in violent physical combat using only fists

Present participle for to make a loud, deep vocal cry

Adjective

Naturally aggressive or hostile

Marked by or involving public disorder

Lively or energetic, typically in an unruly way

Noun

The act or state of physically fighting

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Verb

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Present participle for to physically fight, especially in a rough or noisy way

fighting like Kilkenny cats

fighting nastily

going at it hammer and tongs

duelling^UK

dueling^US

quarrelling^UK

quarreling^US

exchanging blows with

engaging in fisticuffs

engaging in hostilities

punching competitively

taking up arms

raising Cain

assaulting each other

cutting and thrusting

taking up the gauntlet

jockeying for position

rivalling^UK

rivaling^US

pitting oneself against

going up against in contest

matching yourself against

going for the jugular

pitching oneself against

putting yourself forward

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“He was able to hold his own in any society and at other times brawl with the roughest of the rough.”

Verb

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Present participle for to have an argument or quarrel with someone

quarrelling^UK

quarreling^US

going at it hammer and tongs

chopping logic

having a fight

fighting like cat and dog

having a misunderstanding

having a disagreement

cavilling^UK

caviling^US

getting into conflict

coming to blows

having a difference of opinion

getting into a dispute

arguing over

putting up an argument

bawling out

tongue-lashing

calling on the carpet

making a big thing about

putting up a struggle

getting in one's face

jumping on each other

having an altercation

exchanging views

jumping on one's case

ripping into each other

paltering

zapping

going for the jugular

letting someone have it

contradicting each other

having shouting match

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“Gill stormed into my office, ready to brawl about the matter of not receiving a promotion.”

Verb

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Present participle for to engage in violent physical combat using only fists

pummelling^UK

getting into a fistfight

starting a fistfight

Verb

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Present participle for to make a loud, deep vocal cry

clamoring^US

clamouring^UK

Adjective

Naturally aggressive or hostile

having a chip on one's shoulder

cavilling^UK

caviling^US

have chip on shoulder

ill-humored^US

like a bear with a sore head

quarrelling^UK

quarreling^US

as cross as two sticks

criticizing^US

criticising^UK

terrorizing^US

terrorising^UK

having got out of bed on the wrong side

having got out of bed the wrong side

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Adjective

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Marked by or involving public disorder

without law and order

uncivilized^US

uncivilised^UK

unsavory^US

unsavoury^UK

knock-down-and-drag-out

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Adjective

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Lively or energetic, typically in an unruly way

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Noun

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The act or state of physically fighting

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