"touse" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: touses [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English tosen, from Old English *tāsan, from Proto-West Germanic *taisan. See tease. Cognate with German zausen (“to tousle”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|tosen}} Middle English tosen, {{inh|en|ang|*tāsan}} Old English *tāsan, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*taisan}} Proto-West Germanic *taisan, {{m|en|tease}} tease, {{cog|de|zausen||to tousle}} German zausen (“to tousle”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} touse (plural touses)
  1. a noisy disturbance
    Sense id: en-touse-en-noun-fJX77Fnj

Verb [English]

Forms: touses [present, singular, third-person], tousing [participle, present], toused [participle, past], toused [past]
Etymology: From Middle English tosen, from Old English *tāsan, from Proto-West Germanic *taisan. See tease. Cognate with German zausen (“to tousle”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|tosen}} Middle English tosen, {{inh|en|ang|*tāsan}} Old English *tāsan, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*taisan}} Proto-West Germanic *taisan, {{m|en|tease}} tease, {{cog|de|zausen||to tousle}} German zausen (“to tousle”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} touse (third-person singular simple present touses, present participle tousing, simple past and past participle toused)
  1. (transitive) To rumple, tousle. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-touse-en-verb-CbGnQWPV
  2. (transitive) To pull to pieces. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-touse-en-verb--acYOGiw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 3 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: towze

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