TOUSLE


Meaning of TOUSLE in English

/tow"zeuhl/ , v. , tousled, tousling , n.

v.t.

1. to disorder or dishevel: The wind tousled our hair.

2. to handle roughly.

n.

3. a disheveled or rumpled mass, esp. of hair.

4. a disordered, disheveled, or tangled condition.

Also, touzle .

[ 1400-50; late ME touselen (v.); c. LG tuseln. See TOUSE, -LE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .