Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To strike, beat, or bang; break; destroy.
- n. A tumult; fray; light; struggle; row; disturbance.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. Scot. & Prov. Eng. To strike, beat, or bang; to break; to destroy.
- n. Scot. & Prov. Eng. A turmoil; a broil; a fray; a fight.
Examples
“Seaforth profited by the confusion to take the delinquent who had caused this "stramash" by the arm, and to lead him to the lawn, where he had a word or two for his private ear.”
“It must be a mark of how I've managed to cut down on my interwebs time-wasting that until yesterday I was completely unaware of the big online stramash that this was born out of.”
“When a penalty kick is saved and the ball rebounds off the goalkeeper and back into play there is often something of a stramash in the penalty area, and yet despite the melee I dont think I've ever seen a referee immediately award another penalty as a result of further foul play," writes James Crane.”
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“I remain unpersuaded that there's much point to the Chilcot Inquiry and the stramash over Lord Goldsmith's interpretation of the”
Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I...
“I remain unpersuaded that there's much point to the Chilcot Inquiry and the stramash over Lord Goldsmith's interpretation of the legal case for toppling Saddam does little to change that.”
“Yon wee stramash didna do it any good," he admitted, massaging the shoulder with his free hand.”
“Circuitous Meandering: Kirkish stramash skip to main”
“This stramash is over the appointment of a minister who is living with his male partner and this is unacceptable to a vocal minority of traditionalists and conservatives conservative minorities are often vocal.”
“Suppose a President McCain approached every problem, dispute or stramash with the same rigour, diligence and sweet consideration with which he seems to have chosen his running-mate?”
John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...
“For example, there's an online stramash at the moment about a new sci-fi programme guide that includes extracts from fan reviews published on LiveJournal.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘stramash’.
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Them's fightin' words
brannigan, fisticuffs, donnybrook, lambaste, fracas, fray, imbroglio, melee, squabble, quarrel, skirmish, stramash and 28 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, S
scrunch, solace, sabotage, saccade, sacerdotal, sacrilegious, sacristy, snappy, skew, steadfast, scowl, scorch and 781 more...
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colleen's words
yellow, green, pie, blue, fur, people, incense, book, brown, avuncular, mountain, fog and 1316 more...
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The Sog Collection
My big word list.
chaos, flaccid, empirical, flotsam, cacophony, grumble, assuage, awe, romance, mortality, coalesce, fortuitous and 3282 more...
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Words I Love But Don't Use Enough
Thanks to all you Wordies out there flinging new words at my head. This one's for you.
phascolomian, flammulated, pelagic, avuncular, spondulicks, frippery, wyvern, stramash, cack-handed, bellicosity, infrared reflecto..., contumeliously and 106 more...
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Hecko, words! I’m so happy I’ve found you. I want to keep you all and never want to lose you again. I hope you like it here.
amscray, thistledown, tine, tinsel, pungent, snarl, wail, lanky, viscid, dawdle, luminous, stow and 2719 more...
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Words that make you go hmmmm...
Interesting words you probably won't hear in your day-to-day.
maxwell, mooncalf, quagga, glaikit, musquash, lingam, haruspex, qindarka, chthonic, ipomoea, azimuthal, valuta and 304 more...
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Scenariot
Rebellious destruction, police and protestors, or just angry mobs.
bedlam, chaos, havoc, destruction, cataclysm, devastation, mayhem, plunder, ravage, wreckage, destroy, blitzkrieg and 112 more...
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dcscot's Words
solitary, melancholy, angst, corduroy, ocular, ocular, panjandrum, vizier, fumble, prankster, alligator, serendipity and 41 more...
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other people's dialects
stocious, clype, stramash, langers, reet, sneeped, logy, glakit, halleyracket, breenge, sook, a face like the m... and 7 more...
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sweary befuddlement
buggerated fuckst..., jings, crivens, help ma boab, stramash, bampot, wheesht, bollocks, knob, pants, wanker, sheer wankitude and 28 more...
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ananda's list
selcouth, arenicolous, eximious, sciophilous, cynosure, manumit, eclode, diapason, anacrustic, stramash, unguiculation, clishmaclaver and 38 more...
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Rare Words
A list of rare and extinct words, mostly drawn from the Scots dialect/language depending on your point of view
Tweets
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yarb I know it as a Scots word. Certainly if you hear someone using this word it's a safe bet they're Scottish. Often used to refer to a frenetic situation on the football field, e.g. 'There's a right old stramash in the box, and it squirts out to McSporran and the wee man just picks hs spot!' Aug 14, 2008
reesetee The few dictionaries I checked give the origin as "Scot. & Prov. Eng."
I don't think I'd like the word as much if it were pronounced with emphasis on the first syllable. :-) Aug 14, 2008
chained_bear Is this of Gaelic origin, perchance? I always think of it that way (perhaps because it sounds Scottish) but never bothered to find out.
Edit: Google dictionary says origin unknown. *bummed out* Aug 14, 2008
whichbe Disturbance, racket; crash, smashup. May 13, 2008