Synonyms:
affray, disturbance, fray, ruffle
Meaning: a noisy fight
Usage examples
At first the fray went badly for the Mohammedans, for the enemy with their superior numbers forced them back.
The noise of the fray alarmed the neighbours who, finding they could not pacify the combatants, sent for the constable.
"So shall you earn a king's sword, Who cast your sword away." And the King took, with a random eye, A rude axe from a hind hard by And turned him to the fray.
With the help of old Tom, the waterman, he was soon washed into decency, and his father set him on the box again, perfectly satisfied with the account he gave of the cause of his being in a fray.