Definition of Stoush

1. Noun. (Australia New Zealand formal) a fight, an argument. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Stoush

1. to fight [v -ED, -ING, -ES] - See also: fight

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stoush

stoundmeal
stounds
stouning
stouns
stoup
stoupe
stoups
stour
stoure
stoures
stourie
stourier
stouriest
stours
stoury
stoush (current term)
stoushed
stoushes
stoushing
stout
stout-hearted
stouten
stoutened
stoutening
stoutens
stouter
stoutest
stouth
stouthearted
stoutheartedly

Literary usage of Stoush

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on Pleading and Parties to Actions: With Second and Third Volumes by Joseph Chitty, Henry Greening, John A. Dunlap, Edward Duncan Ingraham, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins (1851)
"... and stoush- ton v. Kilmorey, 3 Dowl. 706; 1 Gale. 91. 5 P. But an issue on a general plea of no consideration found for or against the defendant will be ..."

2. The Bulletin Reciter: A Collection of Verses for Recitation from "The (1902)
"He always sunk a duffer when he tried to talk—but, still, He'd stoush a blooming bullock; so we all respected Bill. And then the parson pitched it strong ..."

3. The Centennial Magazine: An Australian Monthly (1889)
"stoush it, ye " The words were, perhaps, unfit for publication, but the intention was not at all unkind. The trained " forçat " had quickly divined that ..."

4. The Codes of California as Amended and in Force at the Close of the Forty by James Manford Kerr, California (1922)
"... stoush, 173 Gal. 638, 161 Рас. 1. of thc code> see- ante> ' 941b and note- 2. Changes In the law affecting pro- A« to undertaking on appeal by the new ..."

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