"tousle" meaning in English

See tousle in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈtaʊ.zəl/, /ˈtaʊ.səl/ [US, also] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tousle.wav Forms: tousles [plural]
Rhymes: -aʊzəl Etymology: From Middle English touselen, equivalent to touse + -le. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|touselen}} Middle English touselen, {{suffix|en|touse|le|id2=verbal frequentative}} touse + -le Head templates: {{en-noun}} tousle (plural tousles)
  1. The action of ruffling or setting in disorder. Derived forms: tousle-haired, tousle-headed
    Sense id: en-tousle-en-noun-7rEHvJpM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -le (verbal frequentative), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -le (verbal frequentative): 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 94 6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: touzle, toozle, towsle, towzle, tussle

Verb

IPA: /ˈtaʊ.zəl/, /ˈtaʊ.səl/ [US, also] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tousle.wav Forms: tousles [present, singular, third-person], tousling [participle, present], tousled [participle, past], tousled [past]
Rhymes: -aʊzəl Etymology: From Middle English touselen, equivalent to touse + -le. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|touselen}} Middle English touselen, {{suffix|en|touse|le|id2=verbal frequentative}} touse + -le Head templates: {{en-verb}} tousle (third-person singular simple present tousles, present participle tousling, simple past and past participle tousled)
  1. To put into disorder; to tumble; to touse; to muss.
    Sense id: en-tousle-en-verb-qqoQ-p2r
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: touzle, toozle, towsle, towzle, tussle

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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