{
    "term": "brawl",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a noisy and violent fight involving a group of people, usually in a public place",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They'd got into a brawl in a bar."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a pub/tavern/nightclub/barroom brawl"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Police officers were injured in a mass brawl outside a nightclub."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They got caught up in a street brawl."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a brawl between different gangs of football supporters."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a brawl over a parking space"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["drunken", "bar", "barroom"],
                "verb + brawl": ["provoke", "spark", "start"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the brawl", "brawl between", "brawl over"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/brɔːl/",
                "audio": "br/brawl/brawl__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/brɔːl/",
                "audio": "br/brawl/brawl__us_4.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: perhaps ultimately imitative and related to bray."
}