Stramash
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /stɹəˈmæʃ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Stramash is a noun meaning (Scotland, informal) A tumult or disturbance.
Meaning
(Scotland, informal) A tumult or disturbance.
More Meanings
- (Yorkshire, dialect) To make a noise, to cause an uproar, to cause a disturbance
- (Scotland, dialect) To strike, beat, or bang; to break; to destroy.
Example Sentences
The Muscular Christians rebelled at these ideas with a stir and stramash audible to all men.
Last year, I […] had a noble stramash on Folly Bridge. That is the last fighting I have seen.
Then more calling, and bawling, And squalling, and falling, Oh! what a fearful stramash they are all in!
This stramash was the first time that I had interposed in the family concerns of my people, for it was against my nature to make or meddle with private actions, saving only such as, in course of nature, came before the Session[…]
Word Forms
- stramashes
- stramashing
- stramashed
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include stushie, stooshie, stoor, stirabout, kerfuffle, stishie.
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