roust

R0324100 (roust)tr.v. roust·ed, roust·ing, rousts 1. To cause to get out of bed.2. To cause to leave; drive away: people who were rousted out of their homes by rioters.3. To confront or treat aggressively: The police rousted a group of teenagers in the park.

[Probably alteration of rouse.]

roust

(raʊst) vb (often foll by: out) to rout or stir, as out of bed[C17: perhaps an alteration of rouse¹]

roust

(raʊst)

v.t. to rout, as from a place: to roust someone out of bed. [1650–60; perhaps alter. of rouse¹]

roust

Past participle: rousted
Gerund: rousting

Imperative
roust
roust

Present
I roust
you roust
he/she/it rousts
we roust
you roust
they roust

Preterite
I rousted
you rousted
he/she/it rousted
we rousted
you rousted
they rousted

Present Continuous
I am rousting
you are rousting
he/she/it is rousting
we are rousting
you are rousting
they are rousting

Present Perfect
I have rousted
you have rousted
he/she/it has rousted
we have rousted
you have rousted
they have rousted

Past Continuous
I was rousting
you were rousting
he/she/it was rousting
we were rousting
you were rousting
they were rousting

Past Perfect
I had rousted
you had rousted
he/she/it had rousted
we had rousted
you had rousted
they had rousted

Future
I will roust
you will roust
he/she/it will roust
we will roust
you will roust
they will roust

Future Perfect
I will have rousted
you will have rousted
he/she/it will have rousted
we will have rousted
you will have rousted
they will have rousted

Future Continuous
I will be rousting
you will be rousting
he/she/it will be rousting
we will be rousting
you will be rousting
they will be rousting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been rousting
you have been rousting
he/she/it has been rousting
we have been rousting
you have been rousting
they have been rousting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been rousting
you will have been rousting
he/she/it will have been rousting
we will have been rousting
you will have been rousting
they will have been rousting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been rousting
you had been rousting
he/she/it had been rousting
we had been rousting
you had been rousting
they had been rousting

Conditional
I would roust
you would roust
he/she/it would roust
we would roust
you would roust
they would roust

Past Conditional
I would have rousted
you would have rousted
he/she/it would have rousted
we would have rousted
you would have rousted
they would have rousted

Translations

roust

1. To bring one back to consciousness or alertness out of some state of unconsciousness. I find that I need two separate alarms to roust me from sleep in the morning. No amount of noise could roust him out of his stupor.2. To drive or force someone out of or away from some place or thing. We'd been studying so long that a security guard eventually came to roust us from the library. The government began deploying tear gas to roust protestors out of the camp. I sent Mike upstairs to roust his older brother out of bed.3. To harass, confront, or accost someone. The police have rousted Jim several times already in their attempt to pin the crime on him. The mob boss has been sending armed thugs around to roust local business owners, trying to scare them into paying protection money.

roust (one) out of (something)

1. To bring one back to consciousness or alertness out of some state of unconsciousness. I find that I need two separate alarms to roust me out of sleep in the morning. No amount of noise could roust him out of his stupor.2. To drive or force one out of or away from some place or thing. We'd been studying so long that a security guard eventually came to roust us out of the library. The government began deploying tear gas to roust protestors out of the camp. I sent Mike upstairs to roust his older brother out of bed.See also: of, out, roust

roust someone out of something

and roust someone outto force someone out of something. Bob's brother rousted him out of bed just in time for the school bus. He rousted out his brother.See also: of, out, roust

roust

(rɑʊst)1. tv. [for a police officer] to bother or interfere with someone; to arrest someone. (see also rousted. Underworld.) The cops rousted the gang without warning. 2. tv. to raid someone’s residence; to bust a person or place. (Underworld.) That bar was rousted last week. 3. n. a raid or a bust. Okay, stand still. This is a roust!

rousted

(ˈrɑʊstəd) mod. arrested. (Underworld.) The cops rousted the dealers, but that didn’t even slow down the drug trade. See also: roust