retousle

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Etymology[edit]

re- +‎ tousle

Verb[edit]

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

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

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