"stoush" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /staʊʃ/ Audio: en-au-stoush.ogg [Australia] Forms: stoushes [plural]
Rhymes: -aʊʃ 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. Etymology templates: {{m|en|stash}} stash, {{m|en|stushie}} stushie, {{m|en|stooshie}} stooshie Head templates: {{en-noun}} stoush (plural stoushes)
  1. (Australia, New Zealand, informal) A fight, an argument. Tags: Australia, New-Zealand, informal
    Sense id: en-stoush-en-noun-6mpwN0gR Categories (other): Australian English, New Zealand English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 49 51

Verb

IPA: /staʊʃ/ Audio: en-au-stoush.ogg [Australia] Forms: stoushes [present, singular, third-person], stoushing [participle, present], stoushed [participle, past], stoushed [past]
Rhymes: -aʊʃ 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. Etymology templates: {{m|en|stash}} stash, {{m|en|stushie}} stushie, {{m|en|stooshie}} stooshie Head templates: {{en-verb}} stoush (third-person singular simple present stoushes, present participle stoushing, simple past and past participle stoushed)
  1. (Australia, informal) To fight; to argue. Tags: Australia, informal
    Sense id: en-stoush-en-verb-gg64RbFZ Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 49 51

Inflected forms

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