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- Dictionarytousle/ˈtaʊzl/
verb
- 1. make (a person's hair) untidy: "I tousled his wispy silver hair"
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to make someone's hair untidy, for example by rubbing it, or, of the wind, by blowing it: She tousled her niece's hair, and went out. The wind tousled their hair. Fewer examples. He tousled her hair in passing. His hair had been tousled by the wind and stuck up comically to one side.
The meaning of TOUSLE is dishevel, rumple. How to use tousle in a sentence. Tousle and Functional Shift
TOUSLE meaning: 1. to make someone's hair untidy, for example by rubbing it, or, of the wind, by blowing it: 2. to…. Learn more.
To tousle is to mess up. The disadvantage of riding in a flashy red convertible is that the wind might tousle your careful hairdo.
Tousle definition: to disorder or dishevel. See examples of TOUSLE used in a sentence.
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]
1. to tangle, ruffle, or disarrange. 2. to treat roughly. noun. 3. a disorderly, tangled, or rumpled state. 4. a dishevelled or disordered mass, esp of hair. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word origin. C15: from Low German tūsen to shake; related to Old High German zirzūsōn to tear to pieces. You may also like.
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tousle meaning, definition, what is tousle: to make someone’s hair look untidy: Learn more.
