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tousle
[ tou-zuhl ]
verb (used with object)
- to disorder or dishevel:
The wind tousled our hair.
- to handle roughly.
noun
- a disheveled or rumpled mass, especially of hair.
- a disordered, disheveled, or tangled condition.
tousle
/ ˈtaʊzəl /
verb
- to tangle, ruffle, or disarrange
- to treat roughly
noun
- a disorderly, tangled, or rumpled state
- a dishevelled or disordered mass, esp of hair
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Origin of tousle1
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Example Sentences
There are now picture editing apps that can tone you up, slim you down, smooth your skin, and tousle your hair.
Recoil in horror as he allows The View ladies to tousle his formidable mane!
Franz greeted Jean's pretty young wife and his three tousle-topped children and seated himself opposite Jean at the family table.
A tousle-headed girl-child in rompers which she was too big for, pointed me Baxter's house, the largest in the community.
Yet there looked little to pity in this jolly, rocking lad with the tousle of light hair and fresh, rosy countenance.
The next instant a tousle-headed boy with eyes ablaze was at her side working her hands like pump-handles.
Next to him sat Tuesday, the tousle-headed Gogol, a man more obviously mad.
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