roust
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roust¹
- /ɹaʊst/
Rhymes with -aʊst
Where it comes from
1650s, variant of rouse, possibly influenced by rout.
verb rousts · rousting · rousted
- to rout out of bed; to rouse. "Why didn't you roust me out?" / "Well, I tried to, but I couldn't; I couldn't budge you." / "Well, all right. Don't stand there palavering all day, but out with you and see if there's a fish on the lines for breakfast. I'll be along in a minute."
- To harass, to treat in a rough way. My client is an ex-convict. He's been constantly harassed by the police... subjected to extreme mental cruelty and public degradation. He's even been denied an adequate place to live! To be very blunt, gentlemen, my client has been thoroughly rousted.
- To arrest.
- To drive strongly.
Similar: knock up
roust²
Where it comes from
From Old Norse rǫst (“current, stream in the sea”).
noun rousts · roost · rost
- A strong tide or current, especially in a narrow channel. At the north point of this island, called Ska, goes a very rapid current; like the Roust of Sumburghead
