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retousle

retousle verb: to tousle again.

Verb

retousle (third-person singular simple present retousles, present participle retousling, simple past and past participle retousled)

  1. (transitive) To tousle again.
    • As always, Mr. McCartney was boyish onstage, making faces and tousling and retousling his hair.2009 July 19, Jon Pareles, “For McCartney, a New Stage to Call His Own”, in New York Times

Forms of retousle

third-person singular presentretousles
present participleretousling
past participleretousled
pastretousled

Origin of retousle

From re- + tousle.

Questions about retousle

What does retousle mean?
Retousle means to tousle again.
What part of speech is retousle?
Retousle is a verb.
What is the past tense of retousle?
The past tense of retousle is retousled.

Words near retousle in the dictionary

  1. retour sans protêt
  2. retourable
  3. retoured
  4. retouring
  5. retours
  6. retousle
  7. retousled
  8. retousles
  9. retousling
  10. retox
  11. retoxed

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