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touse.

To rumple, tousle.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb

  1. To rumple, tousle.

    transitive

  2. To pull to pieces.

    transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English tousen, tusen, from Old English *tūsian, from Proto-West Germanic *tūsōn. Cognate with German zausen (“to tousle”). Related also to English tease and toase. (a noisy disturbance): Compare typologically Russian раздра́й (razdráj) (<… драть (dratʹ)).

noun

  1. a noisy disturbance

Where this word comes from

From Middle English tousen, tusen, from Old English *tūsian, from Proto-West Germanic *tūsōn. Cognate with German zausen (“to tousle”). Related also to English tease and toase. (a noisy disturbance): Compare typologically Russian раздра́й (razdráj) (<… драть (dratʹ)).

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