| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  broil |
| NOUN: | A rowdy argument; a brawl. See synonyms at brawl. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: broiled, broil·ing, broils
To engage in a rowdy argument. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From obsolete broil, to brawl, from Middle English broilen, from Anglo-Norman broiller, to mix up, confuse, from Old French brouiller, from breu, broth, brew, from Vulgar Latin *brodum, of Germanic origin. See bhreu- in Appendix I.
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