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Definition of roust verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

roust

verb
 
/raʊst/
 
/raʊst/
(North American English)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they roust
 
/raʊst/
 
/raʊst/
he / she / it rousts
 
/raʊsts/
 
/raʊsts/
past simple rousted
 
/ˈraʊstɪd/
 
/ˈraʊstɪd/
past participle rousted
 
/ˈraʊstɪd/
 
/ˈraʊstɪd/
-ing form rousting
 
/ˈraʊstɪŋ/
 
/ˈraʊstɪŋ/
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  1. roust somebody (from something) to worry or upset somebody or make them move from a place
    Word Originmid 17th cent.: perhaps an alteration of rouse.
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