Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
BRAWLING
Verb
brawling
present participle of brawl
Noun
brawling (plural brawlings)
An unruly fight; a brawl.
Anagrams
• warbling
Source: Wiktionary
Brawl"ing, a.
1. Quarreling; quarrelsome; noisy. She is an irksome brawling scold. Shak.
2. Making a loud confused noise. See Brawl, v. i., 3. A brawling stream. J. S. Shairp.
BRAWL
Brawl, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Brawled; p. pr. & vb. n. Brawling.] Etym: [OE. braulen to quarrel, boast, brallen to cry, make a noise; cf. LG. brallen to brag, MHG. prulen, G. prahlen, F. brailler to cry, shout, Pr. brailar, braillar, W. bragal to vociferate, brag, Armor. bragal to romp, to strut, W. broliaw to brag, brawl boast.
1. To quarrel noisily and outrageously. Let a man that is a man consider that he is a fool that brawleth openly with his wife. Golden Boke.
2. To complain loudly; to scold.
3. To make a loud confused noise, as the water of a rapid stream running over stones. Where the brook brawls along the painful road. Wordsworth.
Syn.
– To wrangle; squabble; contend.
Brawl, n.
Definition: A noisy quarrel; loud, angry contention; a wrangle; a tumult; as, a drunken brawl. His sports were hindered by the brawls. Shak .
Syn.
– Noise; quarrel; uproar; row; tumult.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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