stramash

[ struh-mash, stram-uhsh ]

nounScot.
  1. an uproar; disturbance.

Origin of stramash

1
First recorded in 1795–1805; origin uncertain

Words Nearby stramash

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How to use stramash in a sentence

  • It was country against country, a general stramash; we had to look out for ourselves.

    The Napoleon of the People | Honore de Balzac
  • A terrible stramash of a lumber, and a plunging and a groaning we heard somewhere; and rushing out, lo and behold!

  • Men hae been married afore now without making sic a stramash.

    Tommy and Grizel | J.M. Barrie

British Dictionary definitions for stramash

stramash

/ (strəˈmæʃ) Scot /


noun
  1. an uproar; tumult; brawl

verb(tr)
  1. to destroy; smash

Origin of stramash

1
C18: perhaps expanded from smash

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