stramash

[ struh-mash, stram-uhsh ]

noun

, Scot.

1. an uproar; disturbance.

stramash

/ strəˈmæʃ /

noun

1. an uproar; tumult; brawl

verb

1. to destroy; smash

Word History and Origins

Origin of stramash¹

First recorded in 1795–1805; origin uncertain

Word History and Origins

Origin of stramash¹

C18: perhaps expanded from smash

Example Sentences

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

From Project Gutenberg

A terrible stramash of a lumber, and a plunging and a groaning we heard somewhere; and rushing out, lo and behold!

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

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