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tou·sle
(tou′zəl, -səl)tr.v. tou·sled, tou·sling, tou·sles
To disarrange or rumple; dishevel.
n.
A disheveled mass, as of hair.
[Early Modern English , frequentative of touse, to pull roughly, from Middle English -tousen (attested in past participles be-toused and to-toused, disheveled, rumpled); akin to German zausen and Low German tūsen, to tousle, ultimately from Germanic *tūs-; perhaps akin to Latin dūmus, thornbush, bramble (from Old Latin dusmus); and Old Irish dos, bushy tree, copse, thicket.]
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tousle
(ˈtaʊzəl)vb (tr)
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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tou•sle
(ˈtaʊ zəl, -səl)v. -sled, -sling,
n. v.t.
1. to disorder or dishevel: The wind tousled our hair.
2. to handle roughly.
n. 3. a disheveled or rumpled mass, esp. of hair.
4. a disordered or tangled condition.
[1400–50; late Middle English touselen (c. Low German tūseln), derivative of Middle English -t(o)usen, in betusen, fortusen to handle roughly, c. Old Frisian tūsen]
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tousle
Past participle: tousled
Gerund: tousling
| Imperative |
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| tousle |
| tousle |
| Present |
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| I tousle |
| you tousle |
| he/she/it tousles |
| we tousle |
| you tousle |
| they tousle |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I tousled |
| you tousled |
| he/she/it tousled |
| we tousled |
| you tousled |
| they tousled |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am tousling |
| you are tousling |
| he/she/it is tousling |
| we are tousling |
| you are tousling |
| they are tousling |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have tousled |
| you have tousled |
| he/she/it has tousled |
| we have tousled |
| you have tousled |
| they have tousled |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was tousling |
| you were tousling |
| he/she/it was tousling |
| we were tousling |
| you were tousling |
| they were tousling |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had tousled |
| you had tousled |
| he/she/it had tousled |
| we had tousled |
| you had tousled |
| they had tousled |
| Future |
|---|
| I will tousle |
| you will tousle |
| he/she/it will tousle |
| we will tousle |
| you will tousle |
| they will tousle |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have tousled |
| you will have tousled |
| he/she/it will have tousled |
| we will have tousled |
| you will have tousled |
| they will have tousled |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be tousling |
| you will be tousling |
| he/she/it will be tousling |
| we will be tousling |
| you will be tousling |
| they will be tousling |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been tousling |
| you have been tousling |
| he/she/it has been tousling |
| we have been tousling |
| you have been tousling |
| they have been tousling |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been tousling |
| you will have been tousling |
| he/she/it will have been tousling |
| we will have been tousling |
| you will have been tousling |
| they will have been tousling |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been tousling |
| you had been tousling |
| he/she/it had been tousling |
| we had been tousling |
| you had been tousling |
| they had been tousling |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would tousle |
| you would tousle |
| he/she/it would tousle |
| we would tousle |
| you would tousle |
| they would tousle |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have tousled |
| you would have tousled |
| he/she/it would have tousled |
| we would have tousled |
| you would have tousled |
| they would have tousled |
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Verb 1. [画像:tousle - disarrange or rumple]tousle - disarrange or rumple; dishevel; "The strong wind tousled my hair"
disarrange - destroy the arrangement or order of; "My son disarranged the papers on my desk"
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