transitive. To rouse, startle. Obsolete. rare.

To grasp or seize and move (a person) roughly to and fro; esp. for the purpose of arousing him. Also transferred of an inanimate agency: To rouse…

transitive. To rouse or awaken (a person) from sleep, a dream, etc., with a sudden, loud noise. Also in extended use.

transitive. To bring out of or arouse from a trance, or from an entranced state. (In recent dictionaries.)

To arouse by knocking at the door. (This sense is not current in the U.S.)

To rouse or summon (a person, esp. from sleep) by knocking at his door. (Usually with complement: see also to knock up at phrasal verbs) colloquial.

transitive. To rouse up by making a noise. Obsolete. rare.

to treat in this way.

intransitive to make a hullabaloo; also transitive.