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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Brawling \Brawl"ing\, adjective
1. Quarreling; quarrelsome; noisy.
She is an irksome brawling scold. --Shak.
2. Making a loud confused noise. See {Brawl}, verb (used without an object), 3.
A brawling stream. --J. S. Shairp.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Brawl \Brawl\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Brawled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Brawling}.] [OE. braulen to quarrel, boast, brallen to cry, make a noise; cf. LG. brallen to brag, MHG. pr?ulen, G. prahlen, F. brailler to cry, shout, Pr. brailar, braillar, W. bragal to vociferate, brag, Armor. bragal to romp, to strut, W. broliaw to brag, brawl boast. ?95.]
1. To quarrel noisily and outrageously.
Let a man that is a man consider that he is a fool that brawleth openly with his wife. --Golden Boke.
2. To complain loudly; to scold.
3. To make a loud confused noise, as the water of a rapid stream running over stones.
Where the brook brawls along the painful road. --Wordsworth.
Syn: To wrangle; squabble; contend.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
brawling
adjective: disposed to loud disagreements and fighting [syn: {fighting}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
40 Moby Thesaurus words for "brawling": bawling, blaring, blatant, blatting, blustering, boanergean, boisterous, brassy, brazen, clamant, clamorous, clamoursome, clanging, clangorous, clattery, crying, loudmouthed, mafficking, noiseful, noisy, obstreperous, openmouthed, rackety, rip-roaring, rowdy, scrappy, screaming, shouting, strepitant, strepitous, tumultuous, turbulent, uproarious, vociferant, vociferating, vociferous, yammering, yapping, yelling, yelping
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