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fracas
(ˈfrækɑː, fraka; in U.S. ˈfreɪkəs)
Also Sc. fraca (Jam.).
[a. Fr. fracas, ad. It. fracasso, vbl. n. f. fracassare to make an uproar.]
A disturbance, noisy quarrel, ‘row’, uproar.
1727Lady M. W. Montagu Let. to C'tess Mar Apr., He..occasions such fracas among the ladies of gallantry that it passes description. 1785Burns Scotch Drink 1 Let other Poets raise a fracas 'Bout vines, an' wines, an' drunken Bacchus. 1848Thackeray Van. Fair xxxvi, A violent fracas took place between the infantry-colonel and his lady. |