sploren.
/splɔː/, U.S. /splɔr/, Scottish English /splor/ Scottish.
1. A frolic, merrymaking, revel, carousal.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > [noun] > noisy or riotous
revela1375
riotc1440
revel-rout1587
wassail1603
randan1640
rant1650
high-go1774
splore?a1786
gilravagea1796
spree1804
lark1811
spray1813
shindy1821
randy1825
randy-dandy1835
batter1839
flare-up1844
barney1850
jamboree1868
tear1869
whoop-up1876
beano1888
razzle1892
razzle-dazzle1893
bash1901
?a1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 195 A merry core..In Poosie-Nansie's held the splore.
1816 W. Scott Black Dwarf vii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. I. 139 You that like to hear o' splores, heard ye ever o' a better ane than I hae had this morning?
1873 C. Gibbon For Lack of Gold (new ed.) xxviii Like enough the folk have kept him to join in some splore.
2. A commotion or disturbance; a skirmish or encounter; a scrape.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > dissent > lack of peacefulness > [noun] > a disturbance caused by dissension
tirpeilc1330
to-doc1330
affraya1393
frayc1420
tuilyiea1500
fraction1502
broil1525
ruffle1534
hurly-burly1548
embroilment1609
roil1690
fracas1727
row1746
the devil among the tailors1756
noration1773
splorea1791
kick-upa1793
rumption1802
ruction1809
squall1813
tulyie-mulyie1827
shindy1829
shine1832
donnybrook1852
shiveau1862
roughhouse1882
ruckus1885
shemozzle1885
turn-up1891
rookus1892
funk1900
incident1913
potin1922
shivoo1924
furore1946
shindig1961
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > commotion, disturbance, or disorder > [noun] > instance of
viretotec1386
moving?a1439
reela1450
stir1487
songa1500
pirrie1536
hurly-burly1548
make-a-do1575
confusions1599
the hunt is upa1625
ruffle1642
fuss1701
fraction1721
fizza1734
dust1753
noration1773
steeriea1776
splorea1791
rook1808
piece of work1810
curfuffle1813
squall1813
rookerya1820
stushie1824
shindy1829
shine1832
hurroosh1836
fustle1839
upsetting1847
shinty1848
ructions1862
vex1862
houp-la1870
set-out1875
hoodoo1876
tingle-tangle1880
shemozzle1885
take-on1893
dust-up1897
hoo-ha1931
tra-la-la1933
gefuffle1943
tzimmes1945
kerfuffle1946
a1791 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 77 And when we chasten'd him therefore, Thou kens how he bred sic a splore.
1817 W. Scott Rob Roy III. viii. 235 Then came the splore about the surrendering your papers.
1843 Cracks about Kirk i. 16 Mony a splore you and me hae had; but we can shake hands yet.
1879 ‘S. Tytler’ Bride's Pass v He has not the ability to run wild and get into splores.
Derivatives
splore v. (intransitive) to revel or riot; to make a commotion or show; to brag or boast, etc.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > merrymaking or conviviality > make merry [verb (intransitive)] > noisy or riotous
revelc1390
ragea1400
roara1450
jet?1518
tirl on the berry?1520
roist1563
roist1574
revel1580
domineer1592
ranta1616
roister1663
scour1673
tory-rory1685
scheme1738
to run the rig1750
gilravagea1760
splore?a1799
spree1859
to go on the (or a) bend1863
to flare up1869
to whoop it up1873
to paint the town (red)1882
razzle1908
to make whoopee1920
boogie1929
to beat it up1933
ball1946
rave1961
?a1799 J. Burness Thrummy Cap (1893) 7 I'm a Christian man, Wha never lik'd to curse nor ban, Nor steal nor lie, nor drink nor splore.
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. To splore, to show off, to make a great show.
1862– in Eng. Dial. Dict.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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