Meaning of FRACAS
| Pronunciation: | | 'freykus
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| | Definition: | | [n] noisy quarrel |
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| | Synonyms: | | affray, altercation |
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| | See Also: | | batrachomyomachia, dustup, quarrel, row, run-in, words, wrangle | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Fra"cas\ (?; F. ?; 277), n. [F., crash, din, tumult, It.
fracasso, fr. fracassare to break in pieces, perh. fr. fra
within, among (L. infra) + cassare to annul, cashier. Cf.
{Cashier}, v. t.]
An uproar; a noisy quarrel; a disturbance; a brawl.
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| | Related Terms: | | ado, affray, altercation, argument, barney, bedlam, Bedlam let loose, bicker, bickering, blast, blood feud, bobbery, bother, brannigan, brawl, broil, brouhaha, charivari, chirm, clamor, clangor, clap, clatter, commotion, contention, controversy, din, disagreement, discord, disorder, dispute, disturbance, donnybrook, donnybrook fair, drunken brawl, dustup, embroilment, feud, fight, flap, fliting, foofaraw, fray, free-for-all, fuss, hassle, hell broke loose, helter-skelter, howl, hubbub, hue and cry, hullabaloo, imbroglio, jangle, knock-down-and-drag-out, logomachy, loud noise, melee, noise, noise and shouting, open quarrel, outcry, pandemonium, pell-mell, polemic, pother, quarrel, racket, rampage, rattle, rhubarb, riot, roar, rough-and-tumble, roughhouse, row, ruckus, ruction, rumble, rumpus, run-in, scramble, scrap, scrimmage, scuffle, set-to, sharp words, shindy, shivaree, slanging match, snarl, spat, squabble, stir, strife, thunder, thunderclap, tiff, tintamarre, to-do, trouble, tumult, turmoil, tussle, uproar, vendetta, words, wrangle |
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