brabble
Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- noun A broil; a noisy contest; a wrangle.
- verb To clamor; to contest noisily.
Examples
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Then they divided the gold and jewels between them; but a brabble arose between them concerning the enchanted saddle bags, Sálim saying, “I will have them;” and Salím, saying, “I will take them;” and they came to high words.
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When you asked one another (the first time) what was become of me; I was hard by you: at the most, within the distance of two yards length; and perceiving that you saw mee not, (being still so neere, and alwaies before you:) I went on, smiling to my selfe, to heare you brabble and rage against me.
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"What monstrous brabble is this, you mad bitch?" he retorted, grunting as I bear-hugged his waist, shouldering the cuirass to squeeze it home.
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But now Patricia confessed to a restless longing for the sight of city streets and the brabble of city noises.
Note
The word 'brabble' may be related to a Dutch word meaning 'to stammer, to confuse'.
