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third-person singular simple present rousts, present participle rousting, simple past and past participle rousted
(transitive) to rout out of bed; to rouse quotations examples
"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."
1884, Mark Twain, chapter VII, in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Yesterday morn at 6:30 they rousted me up & gave me 2 shots in the behind.
1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
(transitive, informal) To harass, to treat in a rough way. quotations examples
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.
1962, 00:28:45 from the start, in Cape Fear
(transitive, slang) to arrest
(transitive) to drive strongly examples
plural rousts
A strong tide or current, especially in a narrow channel. quotations examples
At the north , point of this island , called Ska , goes a very rapid current ; like the Roust of Sumburghead
1786, Thomas Gifford, An Historical Description of the Zetland Islands