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  • verb Present participle of tousle.

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Examples

  • Should have done noses, though, because Chip still needed an exit strategy, which he found in tousling my hair and kissing me on the head.

    Lost in the Magic Kingdom 2002

  • Should have done noses, though, because Chip still needed an exit strategy, which he found in tousling my hair and kissing me on the head.

    Lost in the Magic Kingdom 2002

  • “I understand, Nathan, I really do,” I whispered, hugging him tightly and tousling his hair.

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grandmothers Jack Canfield 2011

  • They are rarely still long enough for a good cuddle; I have to settle for tousling their hair as they run by, drawing them in for hugs when I can catch them, and kissing their flushed cheeks at night while they sleep.

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: New Moms Jack Canfield 2011

  • They are rarely still long enough for a good cuddle; I have to settle for tousling their hair as they run by, drawing them in for hugs when I can catch them, and kissing their flushed cheeks at night while they sleep.

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: New Moms Jack Canfield 2011

  • There were smiles from the teachers that had loved him, his mother and aunts reaching out, tousling his red hair.

    The Last Lion Brittany Newmark 2011

  • “I understand, Nathan, I really do,” I whispered, hugging him tightly and tousling his hair.

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grandmothers Jack Canfield 2011

  • There were smiles from the teachers that had loved him, his mother and aunts reaching out, tousling his red hair.

    The Last Lion Brittany Newmark 2011

  • He has dark brown hair that I have to restrain myself from tousling and a smile that could sell toothpaste by the bushel.

    mostly good girls Leila Sales 2010

  • “You have no problem with your image,” she said, tousling his hair.

    WRECKED CAROL HIGGINS CLARK 2010

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