Inflected forms: broiled, broil·ing, broils To engage in a rowdy argument.
ETYMOLOGY:
From obsolete broil, to brawl, from Middle English broilen, from Anglo-Norman broiller, to mix up, confuse, from Old French brouiller, from breu, broth, brew, from Vulgar Latin *brodum, of Germanic origin. See bhreu- in Appendix I.
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