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TOUSLE
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they tousle ... he / she / it tousles
Past simple: tousled
-ing form: tousling
Sense 1
Meaning:
Disarrange or rumple; dishevel
Example:
The strong wind tousled my hair
Synonyms:
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