[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/strewth/)

[dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [S](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/s/) / strewth

# strewth

exclamation (also struth)

«strewth» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

(Australia, old-fashioned) a mild exclamation of surprise, shock or annoyance, from "God's truth". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strewth/#m1)

### In the lessons

Used in Australian and old British speech, often by older people; mild, everyday, Australia, New Zealand. Comic in films about Australians.

### Examples

- "Strewth! Look at the size of that spider!" [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strewth/#x1)
- Strewth, it's hot today. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strewth/#x2)
- "Strewth, mate, you gave me a fright." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strewth/#x3)
- My Aussie grandpa says strewth when the cricket goes badly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strewth/#x4)
- "Strewth!" cried the farmer when the cows got out. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strewth/#x5)
- You hear "strewth" in old Australian films. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strewth/#x6)

### Note

It is mild, not rude, though it comes from a religious oath. Spelled strewth or struth. Not really used by young people.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «strewth» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strewth/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«strewth» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/strewth.html) on Mova free.