fracas

noun
/ˈfɹækɑː/UK/ˈfɹeɪkəs/US

Etymology

From French fracas, derived from fracasser, from Italian fracassare, from fra- + cassare, equivalent to Latin infra + quassare.

  1. derived from infra
  2. derived from fracassare
  3. borrowed from fracas

Definitions

  1. A noisy disorderly quarrel, fight, brawl, disturbance or scrap.

    • The Oregon-Northern California region had lost much of its population during the fracas of 1980; it had been heavily hit by Red Chinese guided missiles, and of course the clouds of fallout had blanketed it in the subsequent decade.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for fracas. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA