roust en · VERB · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ɹaʊst/
- (Australia) audio
Etymology
1650s, variant of rouse, possibly influenced by rout.
Meanings
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(transitive) to rout out of bed; to rouse.
"Why didn't you roust me out?" / "Well, I tried to, but I couldn't; I couldn't budge you." / "Well, all right. Don't stand there palavering all day, but out with you and see if there's a fish on the lines for breakfast. I'll be along in a minute."
1884, Mark Twain, chapter VII, in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn:1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure Yesterday morn at 6:30 they rousted me up & gave me 2 shots in the behind.
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(informal, transitive) To harass, to treat in a rough way.
My client is an ex-convict. He's been constantly harassed by the police... subjected to extreme mental cruelty and public degradation. He's even been denied an adequate place to live! To be very blunt, gentlemen, my client has been thoroughly rousted.
1962, 00:28:45 from the start, in Cape Fear:
- (slang, transitive) To arrest.
- (transitive) To drive strongly.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| rousted | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| rousted | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| rousts | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| rousting | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Synonyms
pinch (arrest) · knock up · collar (arrest) · bring round (rout out of bed) · nick (arrest)
Translations (12)
de verknacken (to arrest) · de einbuchten (to arrest) · de aus dem Bett schmeißen (to rouse) · cs vyburcovat (to rouse) · cs vytáhnout z postele (to rouse) · de wach rütteln (to rouse) · de malträtieren (to treat in a rough way) · de einlochen (to arrest) · de grob behandeln (to treat in a rough way) · bg арестувам (to arrest) · bg събуждам се (to rouse) · cs zburcovat (to rouse)