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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
/ ˈٲʊə /
verb
to tangle, ruffle, or disarrange
to treat roughly
noun
a disorderly, tangled, or rumpled state
a dishevelled or disordered mass, esp of hair
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of tousle1
Example Sentences
Hine’s tousled little boy, who looks forlornly into the camera with scowling dark eyes beneath a furrowed brow, likely had no such liberating choice.
"You tousle its mane and pull its ears, but all the time you’re thinking, those claws, those claws, those claws."
He had been famous since he was a teenager and a sex symbol for just as long, a tousled Californian with a movie star smile.
She hadn’t brought it along to brush his tousled curls.
Mr. Brown’s tousled hair and gravelly voice have spoken to working-class voters since he was elected Ohio’s secretary of state in 1982.
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