row²

B2 Topic:People & Society

US /ɹaʊ/ UK /ɹaʊ/ See IPA manual

angry argument; quarrel

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Homographs: row¹ /ɹoʊ/ — line of things; move a boat with oars

Pronunciation and word origins: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Freq #2391

Meanings

1

noun
mainly British: a loud, angry argument or quarrel

A row broke out over who should pay for the repairs.
2

verb
mainly British: to argue angrily and noisily

The neighbours were rowing about the fence again.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · mainly british: a loud,... argument quarrel

2 verb · mainly british: to argue... argue quarrel

Etymology

Unclear; some suggest it is a back-formation from rouse, verb.

Topics

People & Society

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