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stramash

[ struh-mash, stram-uhsh ]

noun

, Scot.
  1. an uproar; disturbance.

stramash

/ strəˈmæʃ /

noun

  1. an uproar; tumult; brawl
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to destroy; smash
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of stramash1

First recorded in 1795–1805; origin uncertain
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Word History and Origins

Origin of stramash1

C18: perhaps expanded from smash
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Example Sentences

It was country against country, a general stramash; we had to look out for ourselves.

A terrible stramash of a lumber, and a plunging and a groaning we heard somewhere; and rushing out, lo and behold!

Men hae been married afore now without making sic a stramash.

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