(v. t.) An uproar; a noisy quarrel; a disturbance; a brawl.
Example Sentences:
(1) The BBC dropped former Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson following a fracas with show producer Oisin Tymon.
(2) As for Johnny Depp’s dogs, after the international fracas died down, Joyce was awarded the Froggatt award for principled decision making by the Invasive Species Council for “acting quickly and decisively” against actor Depp and his wife, Amber Heard, for allegedly bringing their Yorkshire terriers into Australia in breach of quarantine laws .
(3) Photograph: handout Molins said the perpetrator was known to police for a series of minor fracas over the past six years, including one violent altercation with another motorist earlier this year for which he received a suspended sentence.
(4) Dean had already booked Gabriel for his part in a fracas with Costa and when the defender flicked his foot at the Spain international, Dean ruled that it merited a straight red.
(5) Jonathan Arnott said the fracas placed a cloud over both Woolfe and Hookem: “Surely they can’t now consider that either of them could stand in a leadership contest.” Gerard Batten said he was disappointed Woolfe had left the meeting rather than answer questions over his flirtation with the Conservatives: “A Ukip MEP who is prepared to even discuss defection to another party is not fit to run as leader of Ukip.” Describing Thursday’s incident, Hookem said a meeting of Ukip MEPs had become heated when Woolfe, a contender to replace Diane James as party leader, was asked about his admission he had considered defecting to the Conservatives .
(6) In the middle of the fracas, unperturbed, a self-proclaimed holy man in a bright saffron woolly hat waved a legal petition.
(7) Amazon sought to address customers’ concerns about the Hachette fracas last month by pointing out that the publisher’s products represent a very small proportion of its sales.
(8) If you've been reading this newspaper or any other about the Senate's role in the healthcare fracas , I trust you do not need me to explain why.
(9) Nigel Farage had resigned; the frontrunner to replace him, Steven Woolfe, was hospitalised after a fracas ; and the eventual successor, Diane James, lasted 18 days at the top .
(10) It is not known whether Top Gear: From A to Z will include “F for fracas” – the description used by the BBC for the incident in which the presenter assaulted a producer.
(11) Two members of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society were lightly injured in the early morning fracas in heavy seas about 2,000 miles south-east of the Australian state of Tasmania, said Paul Watson, the group's leader.
(12) Luis Suárez is banned for the game at Cornellà-El Prat after he became involved in a fracas after the end of last week’s first leg at Camp Nou, during which Espanyol had two players sent off.
(13) Woolfe spent three nights in hospital after the fracas.
(14) Aston Villa’s Micah Richards suspended for one game after Swansea fracas Read more Garde had barely taken his seat when Danny Rose’s pass – hardly defence-splitting – down the left found Mousa Dembélé.
(15) The as-yet unnamed Amazon show, which was announced on Thursday, ended months of speculation after Clarkson was dropped by the BBC following a fracas with a producer.
(16) The star received widespread public support, including from his friend David Cameron, following the fracas, and 1 million people signed a petition calling on the BBC to reinstate him.
(17) A 68-year-old man died, reportedly after inhaling pepper spray during the fracas , and five people were arrested.
(18) Haye, who on Monday night had still not revealed his whereabouts, is yet to respond to widely circulated calls by the German police to return to Munich after fleeing the scene in the early hours of Sunday morning and to explain his part in a fracas that shamed their sport.
(19) There was an initial fracas between English fans and locals over tickets at around midnight.
(20) Trump’s opening fracas may have made for gripping television, but it was the unseemly start to a primetime TV debate that Republican party leaders had dreaded, overshadowing policy discussions over the Iran nuclear deal, immigration, healthcare and the economy.
Ruckus
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) There was unconvincing talk of an injury but as journalists waited in the car park for players after the game, we became aware of a ruckus on the Togo team bus.
(2) Dridi and Khalil's bags were stolen in the ruckus but Dridi's was returned by an Egyptian who managed to wrestle it back.
(3) But imagine the ruckus that Duggan would have caused, if you'd held his boy up on the stairs, impeding him from getting to the next boiler on his list, and shortening his plunder opportunities.
(4) After initially appearing to declare that the bill had gone through, lieutenant governor David Dewhurst said at about 3am that it had passed by 19 votes to 10 – but added that the "ruckus and noise going on" had prevented him from completing the formalities required to rubber-stamp it into law.
(5) There was, of course, the magnificent ruckus at the US embassy in Ankara, and the gloriously quotable lecture Pinter gave on torture.
(6) Sano added: “I have to protect my family and staff from persistent attacks and harassment over the ruckus.
(7) If you have a boat letting in water in the middle of a storm, you had better be at the wheel António Horta-Osório He is no doubt hoping that these characteristics will mean a ruckus can be avoided over his £11.5m pay packet - which has to be approved at the bank’s annual meeting on 14 May, just a week after the general election.
(8) Caught between Tony Abbott’s untenable $80bn in cuts to hospitals and schools and his own cabinet’s unwillingness to increase federal spending or taxes, Turnbull found a bit of extra money and then raised an almighty ruckus with a wild plan to solve the rest of the problem.
(9) Describing the event online as a "ruckus street party" organisers said they were rallying against gentrification, racist police murders, outrageous rent prices and "the displacement of all that is queer".
(10) Perhaps the most striking aspect of this particular ruckus was Shakey’s admission that he “used to line up and get my latte every day”.
(11) Israel's president, Shimon Peres, also sought to smooth over the ruckus.
(12) There's a bit of a ruckus as they celebrate and some Uruguayan players express their displeasure with a few of them as well as with the referee.
(13) Recently, there’s been some ruckus about suggestions made by Noel Pearson , which drew on earlier submissions to the committee made by his Cape York Institute.
(14) An enterprising young promoter from a prominent Sydney bar has taken the opportunity to follow the crowd handing out free drink cards, while a confused tourist is trying to pick someone out of the crowd to explain all this ruckus.
(15) Back in the “less is less” session in Canberra, Australia’s prime minister also declined to say anything more than absolutely necessary about what Trump had given Australia by way of undertakings on the refugee resettlement deal – presumably lest Breitbart find out, and start a nasty ruckus.
(16) "Thankfully, it didn't take long for the ruckus to again settle down.
(17) In the end, Republican lawmakers had to admit defeat: "With all the ruckus and noise going on," Mr Dewhurst said, he could not complete administrative duties to make the vote official and sign the bill.
(18) David Dewhurst, the Texas lieutenant governor, told reporters that a 19-10 vote in favour of the bill came within time, but "with all the ruckus and noise going on, I couldn't sign the bill".
(19) Win Pe said shortly after the gun blast there was “a ruckus outside, and I thought, now, now, come in now.
(20) This is the thing that caused the big ruckus when Ben Affleck was here.