stramash

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æʃ

Noun

stramash (plural stramashes)

1. (Scotland, dialect) A tumult or disturbance.

Verb

1. (Scotland, dialect) To strike, beat, or bang; to break; to destroy.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “stramash”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Hamstras, Smarthas

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Scots

Etymology

Origin uncertain. Possibly colonial (?) from Hindi तमाशा (tamāśā) which also means 'a commotion'.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /strəˈmaʃ/

Noun

stramash (plural stramashes)

1. uproar, din
2. turmoil; affray; a fight

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