Tousle

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To disarrange or rumple; dishevel.
  • n. A disheveled mass, as of hair.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To put into disorder; to tumble; to touse; to muss.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To put into disorder; to tumble; to touse.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To pull about roughly; plague or tease good-naturedly by pulling about: as, to tousle the girls.
  • To put into disorder, as by pulling about roughly: dishevel; rumple: as, to tousle one's hair.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. disarrange or rumple; dishevel
  • Verb Form
    tousled    tousles    tousling   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    disarrange   
    Cross Reference
    worry    dishevel   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    tumble    touse   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
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