stramash
Americannoun
noun
verb
Etymology
Origin of stramash
First recorded in 1795–1805; origin uncertain
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He frequently plucks from his tremendous word hoard gems that will send you to the dictionary: bonxie, fankle, rupestral, stramash, zawn.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
It feels as if the Vettel-Hamilton stramash in Baku has brought the campaign to the boil, even if both have struck a more emollient tone towards each other in recent days.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 9, 2017
Indeed the debate has often been described as "an ugly stramash".
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2014
A stramash - pronounced with the emphasis on the second syllable - is a Scottish word for a heated debate or a tussle that teeters on the edge of a row.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2014
Up, Niven, or ower late—an’ dash Laigh in the glaur that carnal hash; Let spires and pews wi’ gran’ stramash Thegither fa’; The rumlin’ kist o’ whustles smash In pieces sma’.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
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