Definition of "tousle" [tou•sle]

• To disarrange or rumple; dishevel. (verb-transitive)
• A disheveled mass, as of hair. (noun)

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• "About 15 million people will watch her tousle that dyed blonde hair as she gamely re-enacts one of her iconic performances."
• "Occasionally you will reach over and tousle her hair, or she may lean against your leg."
• "My gaze focused on my lover, my heart doing a little flip at the sight of him, his hair in its familiar tousle that fell over his forehead."