splore

American  

[splawr, splohr] / splɔr, sploʊr /

noun

Scot.

1. a frolic; revel; carousal.

2. a commotion; disturbance.

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splore British  

/ splɔːr /

noun

1. a revel; binge; escapade

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Etymology

Origin of splore

First recorded in 1775–85; perhaps shortening of explore

Example Sentences

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splore

Lament him a' ye rantin core, Wha dearly like a random splore; Nae mair he'll join the merry roar; In social key; For now he's taen anither shore.

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert

An' whan we chasten'd him therefore, Thou kens how he bred sic a splore, As set the warld in a roar                O' laughin' at us;— Curse thou his basket and his store,                Kail and potatoes.

From The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe by Parton, James

I like a bit splore, but give it to me in our old style, with the tartan instead of buff, and the target for breastplate and taslets.

From John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn by Munro, Neil

The lucky man am I at meeting you, Mr. Montagu, while we were having the bit splore down the street.

From A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 by Travis, Stuart

I hae a good conscience, and little to answer for, unless it be about a rant amang the lasses, or a splore at a fair, and that's no muckle to speak of.

From The Black Dwarf by Scott, Walter, Sir