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tousle Definition


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tousle
touzle
verb tousled, tousling
    1. To make (especially hair) untidy.
    2. To tangle or dishevel.
noun
    1. A tousled mass.
Derivative: tousled
adj
    (of hair, appearance, etc) untidy or dishevelled
      Thesaurus: rumpled, disheveled, tangled, messed up, disarranged, ruffled.
Etymology: 15c: from obsolete touse to handle roughly.



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