Splatterdash

Pronunciation varies by accent · noun

Meaning

An uproar..

Definitions by Sense

1. An uproar.
2. A work (of art, literature, etc.) that gives the appearance of having been created in a haphazard, chaotic manner.
3. A spangle; a sparkly decoration.
4. Alternative form of spatterdash.
5. (usually in the plural) Spatterdashes.
6. A warrior.
7. To apply a splatterdash coat.
8. To affix splatterdashes to.

Example Sentences

Spluttersmash and splatterdash! In the shallow pools they splash, Like two wrestlers closing! Long they fight and twist and turn, But the race is over

Gas will have its share of the business going during June next, and without making any splatterdash about supplying at low prices.

All the doubtful state forces swelled the anti-Seward splatterdash.

We landed and again possessed the isle in force[…]We found there was yet dispute of our ascendancy, five great canoes coming bow out[…]No soft garments now, not yet mere nakedness, but a splatterdash of color beyond any rainbow that ever was[…]"What is that?" queried a maiden huskily. "As I live, the strange things are bringing a doll-baby to fight us."

The absurd splatterdash which the Mage painted while blindfolded had nothing of Thibetan architecture about it, but resembled a ruined castle on the Rhine.

In this same letter to Ballard, he [sc. Blackmore] refers to “that miserable book, the most absurd and hideous thing ever seen[…]Sprawling into prose my most highly finished rhythm—much of which is in strophe and antistrophe, as not a blessed soul has had the perception to discover[…]After sending me proofs in proper lines, according to my manuscript[…]I think this was a little cool. Without a word to me Messrs Burrows Brothers[…]broke it all up into splatterdash.”

The lecturers are expert on lecturing on the subject, but they offer the splatterdash method of disseminating information with no point of view of their own.

When a member of the Governor's Footguards of Connecticut was parading with the company, his son stood at the gate with his mother, and as they flashed by in their splatterdash finery, he said: "Oh, ma, ain't they grand; and see, everybody is out of step but father."

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Word Forms

• splatterdashes
• splatterdashing
• splatterdashed

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