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verb trans.
verb trans.

1: To jostle; to harass or rough up. (1904 —) .
N. Thornburg He ran into Sergeant Verdugo, one of the detectives who had rousted him the night of the murder (1976). noun

2: An act of jostling or harassment. (1942 —) .

[Earlier senses (stir, etc.) suggest derivation from rouse.]

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See words rhyming with "roust."

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - jage (ud), rode (frem), chikanere, irritere, plage

Nederlands (Dutch)
uit bed jagen

Français (French)
v. tr. - se réveiller (du lit)

Deutsch (German)
v. - hervorrufen, ausrotten

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ξεσηκώνω, ξεριζώνω, (ΗΠΑ, καθομ.) παρενοχλώ

Italiano (Italian)
arrestare, disturbare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - extorquir

Русский (Russian)
поднимать с постели

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - despertar, suscitar, provocar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - anhålla, trakassera

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
唤醒, 鼓舞, 激动, 赶出

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 喚醒, 鼓舞, 激動, 趕出

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 강제로 일으키다, 체포하다, 잡아 끌다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 強引に起こす, 引っ張り出す

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يزعج, يوقظ من النوم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮החריד, הניס, עורר‬

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