The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - brawl n.

1) fight, m€l‚e or melee, battle, battle royal, Donnybrook, fray, wrangle, dispute, disorder, brannigan, fracas, row, quarrel, squabble, Colloq punch-up, free-for-all, scrap, ruckus: The police had to be brought in to break up the brawl. --v. 2) fight, wrangle; row, quarrel, squabble, Colloq scrap: The two brothers always seem to be brawling.