tousle
Syllabification: (tou·sle)
Pronunciation: /ˈtouzəl/
Translate tousle | into French | into German | into Italian [ with object] (usually as adjective tousled)
Definition of tousle
verb
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense 'handle roughly or rudely'): frequentative of dialect touse 'handle roughly', of Germanic origin and related to German zausen. Compare with tussle