stoush

[Austral. or NZ slang] [v] to thrash or beat (a person); to fight
[n] fighting; a brawl or fight, a scrap

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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.]

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