
tousle
Verb : Meaning dishevel, rumple
Example Sentence
Vic stood in front of the mirror and tousled his hair, trying to master the cool, disheveled look
Did you know
Tousle is a word that has been through what linguists call a functional shift. That's a fancy way of saying it was originally one part of speech, then gradually came to have an additional function. " Tousle " started out as a verb back in the 15th century. By the late 19th century, " tousle " was also being used as a noun meaning " a tangled mass (as of hair)." Etymologists connect the word to an Old High German word meaning to pull to pieces
Verb : Meaning dishevel, rumple
Example Sentence
Vic stood in front of the mirror and tousled his hair, trying to master the cool, disheveled look
Did you know
Tousle is a word that has been through what linguists call a functional shift. That's a fancy way of saying it was originally one part of speech, then gradually came to have an additional function. " Tousle " started out as a verb back in the 15th century. By the late 19th century, " tousle " was also being used as a noun meaning " a tangled mass (as of hair)." Etymologists connect the word to an Old High German word meaning to pull to pieces