stramash
/stɹəˈmæʃ/
stramash noun: a tumult or disturbance.
Noun
stramash (plural stramashes)
- A tumult or disturbance.
- This stramash was the first time that I had interposed in the family concerns of my people, for it was against my nature to make or meddle with private actions, saving only such as, in course of nature, came before the Session[…]1821, John Galt, Annals of the Parish; or, the Chronicles of Dalmailing; during the ministry of the Rev. M. Balwhidder. […] , page 124
- Then more calling, and bawling,
And squalling, and falling,
Oh! what a fearful stramash they are all in!1840, Richard Barham, The Ingoldsby Legends
Verb
stramash (third-person singular simple present stramashes, present participle stramashing, simple past and past participle stramashed)
- To make a noise, to cause an uproar, to cause a disturbance
- To strike, beat, or bang; to break; to destroy.
Examples of stramash in a sentence
- Last year, I […] had a noble stramash on Folly Bridge.1861, H. Kingsley, Ravenshoe, section XXXVI:
- The Muscular Christians rebelled at these ideas with a stir and stramash audible to all men.1896 Marsh 28, Spectator, 444
Forms of stramash
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | stramashes |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | stramashes |
| present participle | stramashing |
| past participle | stramashed |
| past | stramashed |
Origin of stramash
Compare Scots stramash. Possibly related to Hindi तमाशा (tamāśā) or Italian stramazzone, although the OED rules out the latter connection (to Italian) and suggests a relationship to English smash.
Words that rhyme with stramash
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- hash
- mash
- rash
- plash
- thrash
- cache
- gash
- gnash
- goulash
- pash
- rehash
- sash
- stash
- bash
- bedash
- brash
- fash
- ganache
- overlash
- potash
- slapdash
- abash
- backslash
- backsplash
- calash
- gatecrash
- Kash
- midrash
- mishmash
- panache
- shamash
- shash
- taplash
- apache
- bardash
- berdache
- Chumash
- encash
- haberdash
- heat rash
- keysmash
- Lagash
- Malagash
- Miminegash
- newsflash
- outflash
- overrash
- pearlash
Questions about stramash
- What does stramash mean?
- Stramash means a tumult or disturbance.
- How do you use stramash in a sentence?
- Last year, I […] had a noble stramash on Folly Bridge.
- What part of speech is stramash?
- Stramash can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce stramash?
- Stramash is pronounced /stɹəˈmæʃ/.
- What is the plural of stramash?
- The plural of stramash is stramashes.
Words near stramash in the dictionary
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