1. Querelle.
2. Échauffourée.
3. Grabuge.
ETYM French altercation, from Latin altercatio.
Dispute carried on with heat or anger; controversy; wrangle; wordy contest.
Heated argument; quarrel.
An uproarious brawl.
ETYM Old Eng. fight, feht, AS. feoht. Related to Fight.
1. A boxing match; SYN. bout.
2. An intense verbal dispute.
3. The act of fighting; any contest or struggle; SYN. fighting, combat.
A fight with the fists.