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fracas

/ˈfɹeɪkəs/

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What does fracas mean?

noun

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

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈfɹeɪkəs/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˈfɹækəs//ˈfɹækaː/
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It would be precisely in front of the good public-house that our painful personal fracas would occur.
G. K. (Gilbert Keith) ChestertonWhat's Wrong with the WorldProject Gutenberg ebook #1717
"Too late for the fracas," remarked Hilton, glancing at these last Foxhounds.
Ernest Thompson SetonAnimal HeroesProject Gutenberg ebook #2284
More book examples (3)
“Do you find,” I asked, “any mention of a certain fracas?”
Anthony HopeThe prisoner of ZendaProject Gutenberg ebook #95
From the right came the noise of a terrific fracas.
Stephen CraneThe Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil WarProject Gutenberg ebook #73
I had secured a wonderful eland and a very fine impalla, and we had had a gorgeous close-quarters fight with a cheetah.* Now C. had gone out, a three weeks' journey, carrying to medical attendance a porter injured in the cheetah fracas.
Stewart Edward WhiteThe Land of FootprintsProject Gutenberg ebook #1378