/ ˈtaʊzl; NAmE / verb
[ vn ] [ usually passive ] to make sb's hair untidy
► tou·sled adjective :
a boy with blue eyes and tousled hair
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WORD ORIGIN
late Middle English (in the sense handle roughly or rudely ): frequentative of dialect touse handle roughly , of Germanic origin and related to German zausen . Compare with tussle .