tousle
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zəl verb (used with object)
1.
to disorder or dishevel: The wind tousled our hair.
2.
to handle roughly.
noun
3.
a disheveled or rumpled mass, especially of hair.
4.
a disordered, disheveled, or tangled condition.
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| —vb | |
| 1. | to tangle, ruffle, or disarrange |
| 2. | to treat roughly |
| —n | |
| 3. | a disorderly, tangled, or rumpled state |
| 4. | a dishevelled or disordered mass, esp of hair |
| [C15: from Low German tūsen to shake; related to Old High German zirzūsōn to tear to pieces] | |
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Word Origin & History
tousle
"pull roughly, disorder, dishevel," c.1440, freq. of -tousen "handle or push about roughly," from O.E. *tusian, from P.Gmc. *tus- (cf. Fris. tusen, O.H.G. erzusen, Ger. zausen "to tug, pull, dishevel"); related to tease.
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Example sentences
He has a round choirboy face, blue eyes with a glint of irreverence, and a boyish tousle of graying hair.
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