Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A frolic; a spree.
- To make a great show; show off.
Examples
“You're not the only one who can 'splore' round here. ”
“Or crawlz aroun unner houses or splore messy garrages.”
i wud like to see ur suprvisr - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
“Two (realistic) places I want to see before they box me up: Barranca del Cobre and someplace in Central America (likely Costa Rica) where I can fish (tarpon and offshore), swim, herp-splore and birdwatch.”
“She saw me, and kend me in the splore, for the mask fell frae my face for a blink.”
“Soon's I get well I'm going to 'splore through those woods for shiny pieces of metal.”
“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.”
John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn
“If we had not the recreation now and then of a bit splore with the sword, we should be lazily rotting to decay.”
John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn
“It is true that Nicol Beg threatened the church-officer with his dirk when he came to cite him before the session a few days after the splore in Inneraora, but he stood his trial like a good Christian all the same, he and half a score of his clan, as many as the church court could get the names of.”
John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn
“Thou kens how he bred sic a splore [raised such a row]”
“She saw me and ken'd me in the splore, for the mask fell frae my face for a blink.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘splore’.
-
Don't Be a LAZY LINGUIST!
Words that remind me to:
Stop speaking with laze.
Exercise my intellect more than my tongue.
Choose Better Company.
This is not the "Ooh, I love the way these words ...splore, inoculate, dysphemism, bruit, mellifluous, winsome, rancor, aplomb, equivocate, palpable, equivocate, licentious and 128 more...
-
persnickety parlance
behoove, ebullient, insouciant, insipient, froth, quandary, quixotic, tendril, maktub, furrow, furl, anastrophe and 1076 more...
-
Favorite Words
crunk, ostentatious, shellac, smoot, thrice, somnambulant, nefarious, nostalgic, shenanigans, hooligans, oracle, torr and 142 more...
-
Yearning Words
yearn, catachresis, chresard, chrestomathy, hortative, exhort, charism, charisma, chervil, eucharist, lief, leman and 34 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for splore.

Comments
No comments yet...
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.