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TOUSLE

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 I. (verb) 

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they tousle  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it tousles  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past simple: tousled  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past participle: tousled  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

-ing form: tousling  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Sense 1

Meaning:

Disarrange or rumple; dishevelplay

Example:

The strong wind tousled my hair

Synonyms:

dishevel; tangle; tousle

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "tousle" is one way to...):

disarrange (destroy the arrangement or order of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

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