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retousled

retousled is the simple past and past participle of retousle.

Meaning of retousle

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

Questions about retousled

What is retousled the simple past and past participle of?
Retousled is the simple past and past participle of retousle.

Words near retousled in the dictionary

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

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