OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 21871

fracas

/ˈfɹækɑː/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
alboroto • altercado • gresca • tumulto
A noisy disorderly quarrel, fight, brawl, disturbance or scrap.
Fanny read to herself that “it was with infinite concern the newspaper had to announce to the world, a matrimonial fracas in the family of Mr. R. of Wimpole Street; the beautiful M…
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…
Phrases
No hay frases
Word forms