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touse

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) touse (verb)
  2. 2) touse (noun)

1touse

verb \ˈtau̇z\
tousedtous·ing

Definition of TOUSE

transitive verb
: rumple, tousle

Origin of TOUSE

Middle English -tousen; akin to Old High German zirzūsōn to pull to pieces
First Known Use: 1598

Rhymes with TOUSE

blouse, bowse, browse, douse, dowse, drowse, house, mouse, rouse, spouse

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