stoush

== English == === Etymology === Possibly from stash. Australian from 1893; Boer War military slang. Also may be derived from stushie or stooshie, a Scottish term for a commotion, rumpus, or row. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /staʊʃ/ Rhymes: -aʊʃ === Noun === stoush (plural stoushes) (Australia, New Zealand, informal) A fight, an argument. 1996, Elizabeth Knox, Glamour and the Sea, Victoria University Press, New Zealand, page 166, Barry explained that his friend wasn′t drunk, he′d been in a stoush, had a ding on his head and was covered in money. 2008, Anna Haebich, Spinning the Dream: Assimilation in Australia 1950-1970, Fremantle Press, page 63, Melbourne almost lost the event when union go-slow tactics and a stoush over federal and state funding responsibilities seriously delayed work on the construction of the Olympic Stadium and Village. === Verb === stoush (third-person singular simple present stoushes, present participle stoushing, simple past and past participle stoushed) (Australia, informal) To fight; to argue. 1916, C. J. Dennis, The Call of Stoush, The Moods of Ginger Mick, 2009, Sydney University Press, page 15, Wot price ole Ginger Mick? ′E′s done a break— / Gone to the flamin′ war to stoush the foe. === Anagrams === shouts, souths