tousle

== English == === Alternative forms === touzle, toozle, towsle, towzle, tussle, tossle === Etymology === From Middle English touselen, equivalent to touse +‎ -le. Cognate with German Low German tuseln, Bavarian zusseln, züsseln. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtaʊ.zəl/ (US, also) IPA(key): /ˈtaʊ.səl/ Rhymes: -aʊzəl === Verb === tousle (third-person singular simple present tousles, present participle tousling, simple past and past participle tousled) To put into disorder; to tumble; to touse; to muss. (Can we add an example for this sense?) === Noun === tousle (plural tousles) The action of ruffling or setting in disorder. ==== Derived terms ==== === Anagrams === lutose, solute, tousel