Stoush
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /staʊʃ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Stoush is a noun meaning (Australia, New Zealand, informal) A fight, an argument.
Meaning
(Australia, New Zealand, informal) A fight, an argument.
More Meanings
- (Australia, informal) To fight; to argue.
Example Sentences
There was a lot of corporate stoushing and things said that people didn′t like.
The two business moguls have stoushed over rights to televise rugby union, whose marketability has greatly risen since institution of the World Cup in 1987.
She and Anna used to reproduce Veronica′s stoushes with Pat, conducted with gusto over the fence but never brought into the confining space of either house where they might smoulder and flare.
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.
Word Forms
- stoushes
- stoushing
- stoushed
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include stushie, stooshie, stoor, bust-up, hassle, argument.
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