'Fracas' definitions:
Definition of 'fracas'
From: WordNet
noun
Noisy quarrel [syn: affray, altercation, fracas]
Definition of 'Fracas'
From: GCIDE
- Fracas \Fra"cas\ (fr[=a]"kas; F. fr[.a]`k[aum]"; 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'fracas'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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