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tousle

or ³Ù´Ç³Ü·³ú±ô±ð

[ tou-zuhl ]

verb (used with object)

tousled, tousling.
  1. to disorder or dishevel:

    The wind tousled our hair.

  2. to handle roughly.


noun

  1. a disheveled or rumpled mass, especially of hair.
  2. a disordered, disheveled, or tangled condition.

tousle

/ ˈ³Ù²¹ÊŠ³úÉ™±ô /

verb

  1. to tangle, ruffle, or disarrange
  2. to treat roughly
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a disorderly, tangled, or rumpled state
  2. a dishevelled or disordered mass, esp of hair
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of tousle1

1400–50; late Middle English touselen (v.); cognate with Low German ³ÙÅ«²õ±ð±ô²Ô. See touse, -le
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of tousle1

C15: from Low German ³ÙÅ«²õ±ð²Ô to shake; related to Old High German ³ú¾±°ù³úÅ«²õÅ²Ô to tear to pieces
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"You tousle its mane and pull its ears, but all the time you’re thinking, those claws, those claws, those claws."

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He had been famous since he was a teenager and a sex symbol for just as long, a tousled Californian with a movie star smile.

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She hadn’t brought it along to brush his tousled curls.

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Mr. Brown’s tousled hair and gravelly voice have spoken to working-class voters since he was elected Ohio’s secretary of state in 1982.

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The 1920s had found a superstar, who with her tousled hair, leather jacket, scarf and khakis, buoyed the world through the Depression.

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