noun
Meaning 1
A strong tide or current, especially in a narrow channel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
roust
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ɹaʊst/
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rhymes with -aʊst
verb
Meaning 2
to rout out of bed; to rouse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- 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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verb
Meaning 3
To harass, to treat in a rough way.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, transitive
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verb
Meaning 4
To arrest.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang, transitive
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verb
Meaning 5
To drive strongly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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History
Etymology
From Old Norse rǫst (“current, stream in the sea”).
1650s, variant of rouse, possibly influenced by rout.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: събуждам се (sǎbuždam se) — to rouse
- Czech: vytáhnout z postele — to rouse
- Czech: zburcovat — to rouse
- Czech: vyburcovat — to rouse
- German: wach rütteln — to rouse
- German: aus dem Bett schmeißen — to rouse
- German: grob behandeln — to treat in a rough way
- German: malträtieren — to treat in a rough way
- Bulgarian: арестувам (arestuvam) — to arrest
- German: einbuchten — to arrest
- German: verknacken — to arrest
- German: einlochen — to arrest