donnybrook

noun

ˈdä-nē-ˌbru̇k How to pronounce donnybrook (audio)
Definition of donnybrooknext
1
as in brawl
a rough and often noisy fight usually involving several people a dozen people were arrested after the donnybrook at the stadium

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2
as in altercation
an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions the kind of hot-button issue that inevitably creates a donnybrook in the halls of the statehouse

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Recent Examples of donnybrook The dog-waste donnybrook was similar to another recent clash in Brooklyn that saw a 75-year-old grandmother jumped and beaten for complaining that a dog walker was not cleaning up the pooch’s poop. — Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2026 After Wedgewood smothered a Trevor Moore wrister on a Kings 2-on-1, a full-scale donnybrook exploded near the Colorado net. — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 22 Apr. 2026 Completing the quartet is Justin Withers’ Demetrius, who unleashes his comic chops during a hilarious donnybrook. — Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025 Of course, that’s exactly what Governor Maura Healey and Mayor Michelle Wu and the developer want; A knockdown, drag out, talk radio donnybrook over a shelter being shoehorned into a tiny former nursing home nestled among a family neighborhood in the Holy Name parish. — Lou Murray, Boston Herald, 29 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for donnybrook
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  1. brawl
  2. altercation
  3. dispute
  4. quarrel
  5. controversy
  6. disagreement
  7. fight
  8. argument
Noun
  • Thirteen players, including four Australians, are ejected for their part in the brawl.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
  • The Red Sox and Nationals turned a regular June game into the biggest baseball brawl of the season after Boston hothead Willson Contreras completely lost it.
    — Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of brawl
Noun
  • The altercation involving Sandoval, Robinson and her father happened in the early morning hours after the couple returned home from a night out at a bar, according to both accounts.
    — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
  • Angelo and the woman’s fiancé got into a brief altercation that resulted in an exchange of gunfire.
    — Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 6 July 2026
Definition of altercation
Noun
  • Herzog won a power struggle in the front office, then quit anyway, amid disputes with ownership.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • The court was established in 2001 and began functioning four years later as both an international court to settle disputes among Caribbean countries and as a final court of appeal.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 6 July 2026
Definition of dispute
Noun
  • The victim got into a quarrel inside Bob’s Classic Barber Shop on Albany Ave.
    — Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 10 June 2026
  • Rounding out the top five names were seven write-in votes for the Sacramento Capitals or Capitols — which could be nicknamed the Caps to avoid quarrels over the spelling — and six votes for the Sacramento Stingers or Sting, referencing the collegiate Sacramento State Hornets.
    — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 4 June 2026
Definition of quarrel
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  • Test your knowledge of cruise controversies, wedding whispers and more in this week's American Culture Quiz.
    — Staff, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
  • Williams’ decision to leave the position was a big surprise to the mayor, commissioners and residents, though her departure followed months of controversy and scrutiny.
    — Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 3 July 2026
Definition of controversy
Noun
  • Some states chose not to send representatives; several of them cited disagreements with the partisan mission.
    — Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 3 July 2026
  • The city commission reached a major step forward on the project after months of delays and disagreements over the best way to replace the old City Hall, which was damaged beyond repair by the historic flooding of April 2023.
    — Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 3 July 2026
Definition of disagreement
Noun
  • What is clear is that centrist Democrats haven’t mounted much of a fight.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
  • Railing against a new crop of progressive candidates has emerged as a more animating focus for a president who thrills to a fight.
    — Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 5 July 2026
Definition of fight
Noun
  • But Erwin Chemerinsky, Berkeley’s law school dean, said Trump still won most of the cases the court decided either after oral arguments or through emergency appeals the administration brought.
    — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • Ferguson Police Chief Troy Doyle told KTVI that the incident happened after an argument erupted inside the BP gas station at South Florissant and Woodstock roads.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026
Definition of argument

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