bagarre
/baˈɡɑː
/noun rare
A noisy disturbance or brawl.Such a procedure, one gathers, could easily start a bagarre all over again - perhaps right there in the courtroom....
- The ordinary, non-political bagarre is a vital part of French daily life.
- At last night's Almack's there was such a bagarre among them, that several ladies were obliged to wait for hours before the chaos was reduced to any order.
Origin
Late 19th century: French.