Tousling

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of something being tousled. countable, uncountable

    "For a guy like Lucky what that really meant was that he missed Bob, missed his tutelage, even missed those annoying hair touslings."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of tousle form-of, gerund, participle, present

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clutterderangedisarrangedisarraydisheveldislocate

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"For a guy like Lucky what that really meant was that he missed Bob, missed his tutelage, even missed those annoying hair touslings."

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