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/stowsh/, Australian Informal.v.t.1. stonker (defs. 1, 2).n.2. a fight or brawl.[1890-95; perh. imit.]
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stoush — /staʊʃ/ (say stowsh) Colloquial –noun 1. a fight. 2. physical aggression; violence: the group were dealing out stoush to the terrified customers. 3. an artillery bombardment. –verb (t) 4. to fight (someone or something). –phrase 5. the big stoush …
stoush Austral./NZ — [staʊʃ] informal verb hit or fight with. noun a brawl or other fight. Origin C19: of unknown origin … English new terms dictionary
stoush — noun a fight, an argument … Wiktionary
Stoush — 1. hit, strike; fight; brawl; 2. (v.) fight (someone or something) … Dictionary of Australian slang
stoush — Australian Slang 1. hit, strike; fight; brawl; 2. v fight (someone or something) … English dialects glossary
stoush — 1) n Australian a brawl. The word is probably a descendant of lost dialect terms for uproar or strike . 2) adj British presumptuous, arrogant, overbearing. The fashionable term, recorded among adolescents in the 1990s, was defined by Touch… … Contemporary slang
stoush — n. fight, scuffle; noisy fight or quarrel, brawl v. (Australian use) fight; beat a person … English contemporary dictionary
stoush — v. & n. Austral. & NZ sl. v.tr. 1 hit; fight with. 2 attack verbally. n. a fight; a beating. Etymology: 19th c.: orig. uncert … Useful english dictionary
stoush merchant — /ˈstaʊʃ mɜtʃənt/ (say stowsh merchuhnt) noun Obsolete Colloquial someone who incites or participates energetically in a brawl …
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