Fracas Definition

frākəs, frăkəs
noun
A noisy fight or loud quarrel; brawl.
Webster's New World

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

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
Advertisement

Other Word Forms of Fracas

Noun

Singular:
fracas
Plural:
fracases

Origin of Fracas

  • From French fracas, from Italian fracasso, from fracassare, from Latin infra- + Italian cassare, from Latin quassare.

    From Wiktionary

  • French from Italian fracasso from fracassare to make an uproar

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Fracas Sentence Examples

  • The resulting fracas ended with riotous fighting in the streets.

  • Neither Dean nor Fred volunteered any information on why they were in Willoughby's or that the fracas was anything but a mugging.

  • First time I saw Billy was during the last little fracas.

  • Mersey players were also involved in some minor fracas.

  • In Oxford today, fighting is confined to the occasional late night fracas, although the interests of town and gown are still divergent.

More Sentences
Advertisement

Find Similar Words

Find similar words to fracas using the buttons below.

Words Starting With

FFRFRA

Words Ending With

SASCAS

Unscrambles

fracas

Words Starting With F and Ending With S

Starts With F & Ends With SStarts With FR & Ends With SStarts With F & Ends With AS

Word Length

6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With F6 Letter Words Ending With S