2syllables
rouses
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Definitions ofrouses
1noun
- An arousal.
- The sounding of a bugle in the morning after reveille, to signal that soldiers are to rise from bed, often the rouse.
1verb
- To wake (someone) or be awoken from sleep, or from apathy.
- To cause, stir up, excite (a feeling, thought, etc.).
Example: "to rouse the faculties, passions, or emotions"
- To provoke (someone) to action or anger.
- To cause to start from a covert or lurking place.
Example: "to rouse a deer or other animal of the chase"
- To pull by main strength; to haul.
- To raise; to make erect.
- (when followed by "on") To tell off; to criticise.
Example: "He roused on her for being late yet again."
1noun
- An official ceremony over drinks.
- A carousal; a festival; a drinking frolic.
- Wine or other liquor considered an inducement to mirth or drunkenness; a full glass; a bumper.
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