roust
verb /raʊst/
/raʊst/
(North American English)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they roust | /raʊst/ /raʊst/ |
| he / she / it rousts | /raʊsts/ /raʊsts/ |
| past simple rousted | /ˈraʊstɪd/ /ˈraʊstɪd/ |
| past participle rousted | /ˈraʊstɪd/ /ˈraʊstɪd/ |
| -ing form rousting | /ˈraʊstɪŋ/ /ˈraʊstɪŋ/ |
- roust somebody (from something) to worry or upset somebody or make them move from a placeWord Originmid 17th cent.: perhaps an alteration of rouse.