'free-for-all' definitions:

Definition of 'free-for-all'

From: WordNet
noun
A noisy fight in a crowd [syn: brawl, free-for-all]

Definition of 'free-for-all'

From: GCIDE
  • free-for-all \free-for-all\ n.
  • 1. a noisy and disordered fight conducted without rules.
  • Syn: brawl. [WordNet 1.5]
  • 2. Hence: Any vigorous competition in which anyone can compete, with few or no rules, and in which the winner is unpredictable; as, when they began to distribute the free food, the orderly line of hungry recipients degenerated into a free-for-all. [PJC]