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roust(2)(dictionary)
roust(3)(dictionary)
roust(4)(dictionary)
roust(5)(dictionary)
roust(dictionary)

roust(4) (iou)



roust verb2. M17.
[Perh. alt. of ROUSE verb1.]
verb trans. Rouse from; stir up. M17.
D. Bagley To roust the Lieutenant from whatever corner he was sleeping in. G. Boycott No sooner do you sit down..than the captain is rousting you out again.
b. verb intrans. Get up (foll. by up, out); rummage around. L19.
verb trans. Jostle; (esp. of the police) harass, beat up. N. Amer. slang. E20.
N. Thornburg Detectives who had rousted him the night of the murder.
rouster noun (colloq.) (a) US = ROUSTABOUT noun 1; (b) US & Austral. = ROUSTABOUT noun 2: L19.
rousting noun (US colloq.) the action of the verb; an instance of this, a police raid: M20.