What does "splatterdash" mean?
An uproar.
Splatterdash
noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: An uproar.
- Grammar: splatterdash is listed as noun, verb.
- Nearest alternatives: commotion.
- Usage evidence: Spluttersmash and splatterdash! In the shallow pools they splash, Like two wrestlers closing! Long they fight and twist and turn, But the race is over
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 An uproar.
"Spluttersmash and splatterdash! In the shallow pools they splash, Like two wrestlers closing! Long they fight and twist and turn, But the race is over"
- 2 A work (of art, literature, etc.) that gives the appearance of having been created in a haphazard, chaotic manner.
"We landed and again possessed the isle in force[…]We found there was yet dispute of our ascendancy, five great canoes coming bow out[…]No soft garments now, not yet mere nakedness, but a splatterdash of color beyond any rainbow that ever was[…]"What is that?" queried a maiden huskily. "As I live, the strange things are bringing a doll-baby to fight us.""
- 3 A spangle; a sparkly decoration.
"When a member of the Governor's Footguards of Connecticut was parading with the company, his son stood at the gate with his mother, and as they flashed by in their splatterdash finery, he said: "Oh, ma, ain't they grand; and see, everybody is out of step but father.""
- 4 Alternative form of spatterdash. alt-of, alternative
"At least two coats of impermeable render (suitable for plinth work) will be necessary on splatterdash and a galvanised background, additionally reinforced if necessary."
- 5 Spatterdashes. plural-normally
"He wore a black coat, rather worn than old, which hung in tatters, a very fine but dirty shirt, frayed ruffles; a pair of splatterdashes so large that he could have put both legs into either of them, and, to secure himself from the snow, a little hat, only fit to be carried under his arm."
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- 6 A warrior.
"They also painted their faces, and, according to Wood, imprinted figures with a searing iron upon their bodies; perhaps, as he suggests, "to blazon their antique Gentilitie," for, he says, "a sagamore with a Humberd in his eare for a pendant, a black hawke on his occiput for his plume, Mowhackees for his gold chaine, good store of Wampmpeage begirting his loynes, his bow in his hand, his quiver at his bac, with six naked Indian splatterdashes at his heeles for his guard, thinkes himself little inferior to the great Cham; hee will not stick to say, hee is all one with King Charles.""
Verb
- 1 To apply a splatterdash coat.
"Uncle Samuel's house was an old-fashioned one of rough stone, "splatterdashed" with fine pebbles on the outside."
- 2 To affix splatterdashes to.
""I could splatterdash it for you," she said. "We used to wear daub-stick cottons when I was a girl, and we thought them pretty fine.""
- 3 To splash violently; to splatter with water and/or mud.
"How he found himself stepping up when he was told to step down, down when he was told to step up; how he passed through a long box against a cold sponge splatterdashed in his face; how he opened his astonished eyes to see the knife of the guillotine descending on his innocent neck; how he was tossed up and down in the cruel blanket, until brains and bowels were both "discombobulated," and he felt more than ever like a "cat in a strange garret.""
Synonyms
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"Spluttersmash and splatterdash! In the shallow pools they splash, Like two wrestlers closing! Long they fight and twist and turn, But the race is over"
Common questions
What is a synonym for "splatterdash"?
Common synonyms include: commotion.
How do you use "splatterdash" in a sentence?
Spluttersmash and splatterdash! In the shallow pools they splash, Like two wrestlers closing! Long they fight and twist and turn, But the race is over
Etymology
From splatter + dash. In the "haphazard work" sense, perhaps influenced by slapdash.