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Noun: stoush
Usage: Austral, NZ, informal
  1. A noisy fight in a crowd
    "A stoush broke out among the protesters";
    - brawl, free-for-all, bagarre [rare]
Verb: stoush
Usage: Austral, NZ, informal
  1. Fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters
    "the drunken men started to stoush";
    - scuffle, tussle, brawl

Derived forms: stoushes, stoushing, stoushed

Type of: combat, fight, fighting, scrap, struggle

Encyclopedia: Stoush