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Definition of "roust" [roust]

  • To rout, especially out of bed. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "roust" in a sentence
  • "I fancied that I could even hear the deep "roust" she made as she respired the air, without which she cannot exist any more than animals of the land or air."
  • "Some law-enforcement authorities went all the way to Turkey to roust alleged mortgage fraudster Diane H. Frederick Atari."
  • "If your kids go wading into the water by the fountain it's likely the Lake Corporation coppers in their boat will come and roust them out."
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