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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FRA'CAS, n. An uproar; a noisy quarrel; a disturbance.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: noisy quarrel [syn: affray, altercation, fracas]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural fracases or British fracas) Etymology: French, din, row, from Italian fracasso, from fracassare to shatter Date: 1716 a noisy quarrel ; brawl

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. same) a noisy disturbance or quarrel. Etymology: F f. fracasser f. It. fracassare make an uproar

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Fracas 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

A fracas is a rough, noisy quarrel or fight. = brawl N-SING

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Uproar, tumult, disturbance, outbreak, noisy quarrel, row (colloq.).

Moby Thesaurus

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