Noun: stoush
Usage: Austral, NZ, informal
Usage: Austral, NZ, informal
Usage: Austral, NZ, informal
- A noisy fight in a crowd
"A stoush broke out among the protesters";
- brawl, free-for-all, bagarre [rare]
Usage: Austral, NZ, informal
- 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