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- [tou-zuh l]
- /ˈtaʊ zəl/
- /taʊzl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [tou-zuh l]
- /ˈtaʊ zəl/
Definitions of tousle word
- verb with object tousle to disorder or dishevel: The wind tousled our hair. 1
- verb with object tousle to handle roughly. 1
- noun tousle a disheveled or rumpled mass, especially of hair. 1
- noun tousle a disordered, disheveled, or tangled condition. 1
- transitive verb tousle hair: ruffle, make untidy 1
- verb tousle to tangle, ruffle, or disarrange 0
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Origin of tousle
First appearance:
before 1400 One of the 24% oldest English words
1400-50; late Middle English touselen (v.); cognate with Low German tūseln. See touse, -le
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Parts of speech for Tousle
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
tousle popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 71% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
tousle usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for tousle
verb tousle
- bedraggle — to make (hair, clothing, etc) limp, untidy, or dirty, as with rain or mud
- confuse — If you confuse two things, you get them mixed up, so that you think one of them is the other one.
- discreate — to reduce to nothing; annihilate.
- discreated — to reduce to nothing; annihilate.
- dishevel — to let down, as hair, or wear or let hang in loose disorder, as clothing.
Top questions with tousle
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