touse

American  

[tauz, tooz, toos] / taʊz, tuz, tus /

verb (used with object)

toused, tousing

1. to handle roughly; dishevel.

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verb (used without object)

toused, tousing

1. to struggle; tussle.

noun

1. a commotion; rumpus.

Etymology

Origin of touse

1250–1300; Middle English -t ( o ) usen, in betusen, fortusen to handle roughly (simple verb first recorded in the early 16th century); cognate with Old Frisian tūsen to rend, German zausen to tousle

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Example Sentences

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Researchers have previously found that when people recycle, they feel entitled touse more resources and produce more waste.

From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2018

He gen'rally stirred up the most of his touse In hustling to save the outside of the house.

From The Book of Humorous Verse by Carolyn Wells

"Who's making a—a—a touse about it?" inquired Tutt, perceiving that he had taken the wrong tack.

From By Advice of Counsel by Arthur Cheney Train

Nought can great Furor do but bark and howl, And snarl, and grin, and carl, and touse the world, Like a great swine, by his long, lean-ear'd lugs.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 by Various

When he's gouty, he kicks up a most etarnal touse with the great-toe nerve, an' slaps it right into him fore an' aft, the wust kind.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 by Various

But now, I rede thee, look that thou art presently ready to marry, and neglect not bidding good plenty of guests; but invite especially those that have hitherto tightly toused, mocked, and scorned thee.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 346, August, 1844 by Various

Platini scored all types of goals, including a brilliant diving header as part of a perfect hat-trick against Yugoslavia, his second in two games after another in the 5-0 tousing of Belgium.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 5, 2016

There was Bathurst arranging the custom-house pass;   And to guard the frail package from tousing and routing, There stood my Lord Eldon, endorsing it "Glass,"   Tho' as to which side should lie uppermost, doubting.

From The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes by William Michael Rossetti

I have forgotten with tousing by the hair, What I devised to say a little ere.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 by William Carew Hazlitt

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