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tousle
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tou·sle  (touzl, -sl)
tr.v. tou·sled, tou·sling, tou·sles
To disarrange or rumple; dishevel.
n.
A disheveled mass, as of hair.

[Middle English touselen, frequentative of tousen, to pull roughly.]

tousle [rhymes with arousal]
Verb
[-sling, -sled] to make (hair or clothes) ruffled and untidy [Low German tūsen to shake]
tousled adj
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Verb1.tousletousle - disarrange or rumple; dishevel; "The strong wind tousled my hair"
disarrange - destroy the arrangement or order of; "My son disarranged the papers on my desk"

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