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tousle

 
Dictionary: tou·sle   (tou'zəl, -səl) pronunciation
tr.v., -sled, -sling, -sles.
To disarrange or rumple; dishevel.

n.
A disheveled mass, as of hair.

[Middle English touselen, frequentative of tousen, to pull roughly.]


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also touzle

verb

    To put (the hair or clothes) into a state of disarray: disarrange, dishevel, disorder, mess (up), muss (up), rumple. See order/disorder.

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: disarrange or rumple; dishevel
  Synonyms: dishevel, tangle


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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - bringe i uorden, forpjuske
n. - sjuske

Nederlands (Dutch)
verfomfaaien

Français (French)
v. tr. - ébouriffer
n. - désordre

Deutsch (German)
v. - zerzausen, unsanft behandeln
n. - zerzauster Haarschopf

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - αναστατώνω, αναμαλλιάζω, ξεχτενίζω
n. - ανακατωμένα, ξεχτένιστα μαλλιά, ανακατωσούρα, ακαταστασία

Italiano (Italian)
scompigliare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - descabelar, amarrotar, machucar
n. - guedelha (f), grenha (f)

Русский (Russian)
взъерошивать, приводить в беспорядок

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - despeinar, desgreñar
n. - maraña (del cabello)

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - slita (rycka) i, rufsa (till)
n. - rufsig

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
搅乱, 弄乱, 乱发, 糟乱, 杂乱

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 攪亂, 弄亂
n. - 亂髮, 糟亂, 雜亂

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 마구 다루다, 헝클어 뜨리다
n. - 난발, 헝클어짐

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 乱す
n. - 乱れ髪

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يشعث الشعر (الاسم) شعر أشعث‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮פרע (שיער), סתר, התנהג בגסות כלפי‬
n. - ‮פריעה, ערבוביה‬


 
 
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