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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
| fracas |
| SYLLABICATION: | fra·cas |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  fr  k s, fr ks |
| NOUN: | A noisy, disorderly fight or quarrel; a brawl. See synonyms at brawl. |
| ETYMOLOGY: | French, from Italian fracasso, from fracassare, to make an uproar. |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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