Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - roust
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Roust
roust
transitive verb Etymology: alteration of 1rouse Date: 1658 to drive (as from bed) roughly or unceremoniously
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1.
v.tr. 1 (often foll. by up, out) a rouse, stir up. b root out. 2 US sl. jostle, harass, rough up. Phrases and idioms roust around rummage. Etymology: perh. alt. of ROUSE ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
2.
1. шотл. голос; крик, рев 2. шотл. кричать, орать; шуметь 3. ам. вытаскивать, выкапывать (также roust up) 4. ам. поднимать с постели (также roust out) the sound of a boad rousted him out —- шум лодки поднял его с постели ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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4.
(rousts, rousting, rousted) If you roust someone, you disturb, upset, or hit them, or make them move from their place. (AM) Relax, kid, we’re not about to roust you. We just want some information... Bruce had gone to bed, but they rousted him out. VERB: V n, V n out, also V n from n ROUSTABOUT (roustabouts) A roustabout is a unskilled worker, especially one who works in a port or at an oil well. (AM) N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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6.
- 1658, probably an alteration of rouse. Roustabout "deck hand, wharf worker" is from 1868, perhaps from roust + about, but another theory connects it to Brit. dial. rousing "rough, shaggy," a word associated perhaps with rooster. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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