spludgen.
/splʌdʒ/ U.S. dialect.
A ‘splurge’ or ostentatious display; to cut a spludge = to cut a splurge at splurge n. 1a.
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the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > make ostentatious display or show off [verb (intransitive)]
brandishc1340
ruffle1484
braga1556
swash1556
flourish1563
flaunt1566
prank1567
prink1573
to shake, wag the feather1581
peacockize1598
air1605
display1608
to launch it out1608
flasha1616
to cut it out1619
flare1633
vapour1652
peacock1654
spark1676
to gallantrize it1693
bosh1709
glare1712
to cut a bosh1726
to show away1728
to figure away, off1749
parade1749
to cut a dashc1771
dash1786
to cut up1787
to cut a flash1795
to make, or cut, a splash1804
swank1809
to come out strong1825
to cut a spludge1831
to cut it (too) fat1836
pavonize1838
splurge1844
to do the grand1847
to cut a swath1848
to cut a splurge1860
to fan out1860
spread1860
skyre1871
fluster1876
to strut one's stuff1926
showboat1937
floss1938
style1968
the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [noun] > (an) ostentatious display
pompc1330
vaunterya1492
pomping pridec1503
braga1513
flaunt-a-flaunt1576
plume1580
affecting1584
top and topgallant1593
ruffle1609
parado1621
riota1649
flutter1667
show1713
sprunk1746
to make a splash1804
show-off1811
paraffle1816
shine1819
splurge1828
gaud1831
spludge1831
poppy-show1860
razzle1885
razzmatazz1917
foofaraw1933
showbiz1970
glitz1977
1831 Essayist II. 80/2 I was naturally anxious to see a little more of Tennessee life, and inasmuch as it was said there was to be a great spludge at the shooting, I went with him.
1856 F. M. Whitcher Widow Bedott Papers ix. 89 She tries to cut a spludge and make folk think she's a lady.
1914 Dial. Notes 4 113 [Kansas words] Spludge, splurge.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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