Prügelei — meaning in English
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English meaning
- brawl noun A rough, disorderly fight or argument, usually involving several people.
- fight verb To engage in physical combat or violence with someone.
- fray verb To wear away at the edges through rubbing, so that threads separate.
- melee noun A confused, chaotic fight or struggle involving a group of people at close quarters.
Senses
Prügelei is used for these senses in English:
- brawl A disorderly argument or fight, usually with a large number of people involved.
- fight A physical confrontation or combat between two or more people or groups.
- fray (countable) A noisy commotion, especially resulting from fighting; a brawl, a fight; also, a loud quarrel.
- melee (especially, military, gaming) A battle fought at close range, (especially) one not involving ranged weapons; hand-to-hand combat; brawling.
brawl — full definition
- noun A rough, disorderly fight or argument, usually involving several people.
- verb To take part in a rowdy fight or noisy quarrel.
fight — full definition
- verb To engage in physical combat or violence with someone.
- verb To struggle or campaign strongly for or against something.
- noun An instance of physical combat or a violent confrontation.
- noun A conflict, argument, or contest, not necessarily physical.
- noun The determination or spirit needed to keep struggling.