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FRACAS

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• FRACAS (noun)
The noun FRACAS has 1 sense:

1. noisy quarrel

Familiarity information: FRACAS used as a noun is very rare.

• FRACAS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Noisy quarrel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

affray; altercation; fracas

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)

"Rolling stone gathers no moss."
(English proverb)
"The weakness of the enemy makes our strength."
(Native American proverb, Cherokee)
"A friend is the one that lends a hand during the time of need."
(Arabic proverb)
"Shared grief is half grief"
(Dutch proverb)

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