different between roust vs froust

roust

English

Etymology

1650s, variant of rouse, possibly influenced by rout.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?a?st/

Verb

roust (third-person singular simple present rousts, present participle rousting, simple past and past participle rousted)

  1. (transitive) to rout out of bed; to rouse
  2. To harass, to treat in a rough way.
  3. (transitive, slang) to arrest
  4. (transitive) to drive strongly

Synonyms

  • (rout out of bed): bring round, knock up; see also Thesaurus:awaken
  • (arrest): collar, nick, pinch

Translations

Noun

roust (plural rousts)

  1. A strong tide or current, especially in a narrow channel.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Jamieson to this entry?)

Synonyms

  • roost, rost

References

Anagrams

  • Rusto, Stour, Tours, routs, stour, sutor, torus, tours

roust From the web:

  • what roustabouts do
  • what roustabouts put up crossword
  • roust meaning
  • what's roustabout mean
  • what's roust in german
  • roustabout what do they do
  • what does boast mean
  • roustabout what does it mean


froust

English

Verb

froust (third-person singular simple present frousts, present participle frousting, simple past and past participle frousted)

  1. Alternative spelling of frowst

froust From the web:

+1
Share
Pin
Like
Send
Share

you may also like