noun, masculine/ɡʁa.byʒ/plural: grabuges
scrap, ruckus; mayhem; quarrel (discussion that turns violent)
“— Décidément, pensa Lheureux, il y a du grabuge là-dessous.” — “Decidedly,” thought Lheureux, “there’s a row on here.”
From 1526, as gaburge (“dispute, fight”). Unknown, but perhaps from Venetan garbugio (“fight, skirmish”), probably a deverbal from garbugliare (“to disturb, confuse”), from bugliare (“to agitate”), from northern dialect boglire (“to heat up, boil”). Cognate with Italian garbuglio (“tumult, mess”).