stoush

Etymology
Possibly from. Australian from 1893; Boer War military slang. Also may be derived from or, a Scottish term for a commotion, rumpus, or row.

Noun

 * 1)  A fight, an argument.
 * 2) * 1996, Elizabeth Knox, Glamour and the Sea, Victoria University Press, New Zealand, |%22stoushes%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=YjNflbh2i6&sig=B85yov-T5ifFEUy6cHBXWcasgWI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=uAxnUObiCsediAf3uYDYDw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22stoush%22|%22stoushes%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 166,
 * Barry explained that his friend wasn′t drunk, he′d been in a stoush, had a ding on his head and was covered in money.
 * 1) * 2008, Anna Haebich, Spinning the Dream: Assimilation in Australia 1950-1970, Fremantle Press, |%22stoushes%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=hG8rYz6w-Y&sig=EMW6r2-79wmSH5j6B03HI2-SXt0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=uAxnUObiCsediAf3uYDYDw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22stoush%22|%22stoushes%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 63,
 * Melbourne almost lost the event when union go-slow tactics and a stoush over federal and state funding responsibilities seriously delayed work on the construction of the Olympic Stadium and Village.
 * 1) * 2008, Anna Haebich, Spinning the Dream: Assimilation in Australia 1950-1970, Fremantle Press, |%22stoushes%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=hG8rYz6w-Y&sig=EMW6r2-79wmSH5j6B03HI2-SXt0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=uAxnUObiCsediAf3uYDYDw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22stoush%22|%22stoushes%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 63,
 * Melbourne almost lost the event when union go-slow tactics and a stoush over federal and state funding responsibilities seriously delayed work on the construction of the Olympic Stadium and Village.

Verb

 * 1)  To fight; to argue.
 * 2) * 1916, C. J. Dennis, The Call of Stoush, The Moods of Ginger Mick, 2009, Sydney University Press, |%22stoushes%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=7Q5SbrCLqt&sig=nr2qboU6fpt8s9UH8TRlf7SlW3Q&hl=en&sa=X&ei=uAxnUObiCsediAf3uYDYDw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22stoush%22|%22stoushes%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 15,
 * Wot price ole Ginger Mick? ′E′s done a break— / Gone to the flamin′ war to stoush the foe.