noisy+quarrel

  • 41British slang — circuBritish slang is English language slang used in the UK. Slang is informal language sometimes peculiar to a particular social class or group and its use in Britain dates back to before the 16th century. The language of slang, in common with… …

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  • 42fireworks — [fīr′wʉrks΄] pl.n. 1. firecrackers, rockets, etc., exploded or burned, as in celebrations, to produce noises or brilliant lighting effects sometimes used in sing. 2. a display of fireworks 3. a noisy quarrel or display of anger * * * ➡ Bonfire… …

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  • 43affray — /euh fray /, n. 1. a public fight; a noisy quarrel; brawl. 2. Law. the fighting of two or more persons in a public place. v.t. 3. Archaic. to frighten. [1275 1325; ME < AF afray (n.), afrayer (v.), OF esfrei (n.), esfreer (v.) < VL *exfridare to&#8230; …

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  • 44fray — fray1 /fray/, n. 1. a fight, battle, or skirmish. 2. a competition or contest, esp. in sports. 3. a noisy quarrel or brawl. 4. Archaic. fright. v.t. 5. Archaic. to frighten. v.i. 6. Archaic. to fight or brawl. [1250 1300; ME frai; aph. var. of&#8230; …

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  • 45ruction — noun /ˈɹʌk.ʃən/ A noisy quarrel or fight. Syn: brawl, disturbance, fracas, row, uproar See Also: ruckus …

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  • 46free-for-all — n [singular] informal 1.) a situation in which there is total freedom and anything can happen used to show disapproval ▪ the free for all of sexual activity in the 1970s 2.) a noisy quarrel or fight involving a lot of people ▪ A controversial&#8230; …

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  • 47row — There are three distinct words row in English. The one meaning ‘use oars’ [OE] goes back to a prehistoric Germanic base *rō ‘steer’, which also produced Dutch roeijen and Swedish ro, not to mention English rudder. Row ‘orderly line’ [OE] comes&#8230; …

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  • 48fracas — [[t]fræ̱kɑː, AM fre͟ɪkəs[/t]] N SING A fracas is a rough, noisy quarrel or fight. Syn: brawl …

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  • 49squabble — noun a trivial noisy quarrel. verb engage in a squabble. Derivatives squabbler noun Origin C17: prob. imitative; cf. Swed. dialect skvabbel a dispute …

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  • 50fracas — n. Uproar, tumult, disturbance, outbreak, noisy quarrel, row (colloq.) …

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