Meaning

1 senses
  1. To put into disorder; to tumble; to touse; to muss.

More definitions
  • disarrange or rumple; dishevel

Examples

5 sentences
  1. Mom sighed, and tousled the hair of her son's head.

  2. Mom sighed, and tousled the hair of her first-year high school son's head.

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  3. His hair was tousled.

    ruЕго волосы были взъерошены. — Karok

    deSeine Haare waren zerzaust. — brauchinet

  4. Her hair was tousled.

    ruЕё волосы были взъерошены. — Wezel

  5. The wind tousled my hair.

Origin

From Middle English touselen, equivalent to touse + -le. Cognate with German Low German tu

From Middle English touselen, equivalent to touse + -le. Cognate with German Low German tuseln, Bavarian zusseln, züsseln.

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Forms

tousles, tousling, tousled, tousled
Base formtousle · to tousle
3rd person singulartousles
Present participletousling
Past simpletousled
Past participletousled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytousle
he, she, ittousles

Past simpleLesson

all personstousled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave tousled
he, she, ithas tousled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill tousle

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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