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stramming

stramming is the present participle and gerund of stram.

Meaning of stram

Verb

stram (third-person singular simple present strams, present participle stramming, simple past and past participle strammed)

  1. To slam; to beat or put down or close violently or noisily.
    • ... he strammed the glass down 'pon the planchen, an' roared like Tregeagle. Aw!1890, John Tabois Tregellas, Cornish Tales, in Prose and Verse, page 15
  2. To move forcefully; to stream; to walk forcefully.
    • ... strammed by. But I thought maybe you thought I was her, when you come poundin' up the hill; havin' her clo's on, an' her wrop, an' all ; and I've sometimes thought 't when I step out good an' long, an' tilt my head over[…]1913, Sarah Pratt McLean Greene, Everbreeze, page 213

Adjective

stramming

  1. (UK, dialectal) Big, monstrous; (of a lie) big, notorious.
    • A gissing 'twas gret stramming lyes I suppoze. There's one of es pranks I shall always remembar, ('Twill be dree years agon come the ighth of Novembar,) I'd two purty young mabyers as eyes cou'd behould, So fat as the butter, just iteen weeks ould[…]1831, Richard Polwhele, Biographical Sketches in Cornwall ...: In Three Volumes, page 67
    • […] that stramming girt chap that work'th up to the granite quarries. When he was over to Jigford Bottom, he stretched his long arm out over the buke-board, with his thumb all a-twiddling, and says he,[…]1903, J George Stuart, Jan Pumroy on prayer, page 67

Questions about stramming

What does stramming mean?
Stramming means big, monstrous; (of a lie) big, notorious.
What is stramming the present participle and gerund of?
Stramming is the present participle and gerund of stram.
What part of speech is stramming?
Stramming is an adjective.

Words near stramming in the dictionary

  1. straminipilous
  2. stramma
  3. strammed
  4. strammel
  5. strammels
  6. stramming
  7. stramonia
  8. stramonies
  9. stramonium
  10. stramoniums
  11. stramony

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