Scatter

n.

Heard in Cork, Kilkenny, Waterford, Kerry, Limerick and Kildare

A group (esp of inanimate objects). Also: Run. Also: A skirmish or fight between two groups of people. On-lookers, to announce what's happening, shout "Scatter!

I've a fierce hangover after having a scatter of pints last night." "The shades are coming, sccatter!" "There was a fierce scatter outside Chandra's last night.

Posh English

I have a most dreadful hangover after consuming a considerable quantity of pints last night.

Same phrase, other counties

• Kilkenny
• Waterford
• Kerry
• Limerick
• Kildare

Related terms

• SketchTo run away or scatter quickly.
• I could ait a horse between two bread vansTo be ravenously hungry.
• I'd eat a cow between two bread vans!An emphatic expression of extreme hunger.
• Up for the bahTo throw up in the air to cause a scatter and who catches it keeps it.
• Two backsA flat-chested girl, likened to having two backs with no discernible bosom in between.
• Fight with her toenailsA girl who is quick to pick a fight or quarrel.