Fracas (original) (raw)

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I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Noisy quarrelplay

Synonyms:

affray; altercation; fracas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("fracas" is a kind of...):

dustup; quarrel; row; run-in; words; wrangle (an angry dispute)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fracas"):

batrachomyomachia (a silly altercation)

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