Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Fracas

Fracas (frā"kas; F. frȧ`ka"; 277) , noun

[French, crash, din, tumult, Italian fracasso, from fracassare to break in pieces, perh. from fra within, among (Latin infra) + cassare to annul, cashier. Compare Cashier, transitive verb]

An uproar; a noisy quarrel; a disturbance; a brawl.