ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Fracas

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈfɹækɑː/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Fracas is a noun meaning A noisy disorderly quarrel, fight, brawl, disturbance or scrap.

Meaning

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

Example Sentences

To the ranks of wonky risk management professionals who have toiled over the minutia of E.S.G. reports for decades now, the political fracas is perplexing.
But as a matter of corporate drama, the OpenAI fracas is above all a great example of why the incredibly boring-sounding term corporate governance is actually extremely important.
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.
And I recall also some years ago, Mr Rayne, who travelled to America as valet to Sir Reginals Mauvis, remarking that a taxi driver in New York regularly addressed his fare in a manner which if repeated in London would end in some sort of fracas, if not in the fellow being frogmarched to the nearest police station.

Word Forms

Synonyms for fracas

Depending on context, synonyms include commotion, hubbub, kerfuffle, ado, argy-bargy, bobbery.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include altercation, affray, brawl, melee, scrap, fray.

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