tousle

tou·sle

T0291200 (tou′zəl, -səl) tr.v. tou·sled, tou·sling, tou·sles To disarrange or rumple; dishevel. n. A disheveled mass, as of hair.

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[Early Modern English , frequentative of touse, to pull roughly, from Middle English -tousen (attested in past participles be-toused and to-toused, disheveled, rumpled); akin to German zausen and Low German tūsen, to tousle, ultimately from Germanic *tūs-; perhaps akin to Latin dūmus, thornbush, bramble (from Old Latin dusmus); and Old Irish dos, bushy tree, copse, thicket.]

tousle

(ˈtaʊzəl) vb (tr) 1. to tangle, ruffle, or disarrange2. to treat roughlyn3. a disorderly, tangled, or rumpled state4. a dishevelled or disordered mass, esp of hair[C15: from Low German tūsen to shake; related to Old High German zirzūsōn to tear to pieces]

tou•sle

(ˈtaʊ zəl, -səl)

v. -sled, -sling,
n. v.t. 1. to disorder or dishevel: The wind tousled our hair. 2. to handle roughly. n. 3. a disheveled or rumpled mass, esp. of hair. 4. a disordered or tangled condition. [1400–50; late Middle English touselen (c. Low German tūseln), derivative of Middle English -t(o)usen, in betusen, fortusen to handle roughly, c. Old Frisian tūsen]

tousle

Past participle: tousled
Gerund: tousling

Imperative
tousle
tousle

Present
I tousle
you tousle
he/she/it tousles
we tousle
you tousle
they tousle

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

tousle - disarrange or rumple; dishevel; "The strong wind tousled my hair"dishevel, tangledisarrange - destroy the arrangement or order of; "My son disarranged the papers on my desk"

tousle

verbTo put (the hair or clothes) into a state of disarray:disarrange, dishevel, disorder, mess (up), muss (up), rumple.

Translations

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