tousle

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  1. transitive verb To disarrange or rumple; dishevel.
  2. noun A disheveled mass, as of hair.

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  • He came up on the bully, who was a tousle-haired sneer with an ordinary body attached. —  Up In A Heaval
  • "Hi, folk," he said, looking tousle-headedly mischievous. —  Up In A Heaval
  • A moment later, Dia entered, looking wide awake but tousle-headed after her nap. —  Robin Hobb
  • The door opened, and a tousle-haired white male no more than five foot three stood in the doorway, wearing plaid pajamas and white socks. —  The 6th Target by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
  • Staring at this smiling, tousle-haired officer from the Hiryu, Shirlee could not shake the feeling that she was finally seeing the Boogie man face to face. —  Asimov'sSF,September2007
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English touselen, frequentative of tousen, to pull roughly.

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  1. Also touzle, dial. toozle (also tussle, q. v.); =Low German tuseln =G. zauseln, pull, touse; freq. of touse.
 

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