noun
/staυʃ/
Also stouch
/staυʃ/
Also stouch
noun
1: Fighting; a brawl, punch-up; a punch. (1893 —) .
Bulletin (Sydney): Hayden...is prepared to take risks, even a stoush with the left if necessary (1986
). verb
2: trans. To punch or strike. (1893 —) .
E. Lambert There was no mistaking that voice. 'Get out of that bloody car while I stoush yer!' (1965
).
3: intr. To fight; to struggle. (1909 —) .
J. E. Macdonnell He was in a position to stoush with the local larrikins (1954
). [Prob. from British dialect stashie, an uproar, quarrel.]