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    TOUSLE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    Present simple: I / you / we / they tousle  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it tousles  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: tousled  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: tousled  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: tousling  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Disarrange or rumple; dishevelplay

    Example:

    The strong wind tousled my hair

    Synonyms:

    dishevel; tangle; tousle

    Classified under:

    Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

    Hypernyms (to "tousle" is one way to...):

    disarrange (destroy the arrangement or order of)

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something

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