tousle
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"You tousle its mane and pull its ears, but all the time you’re thinking, those claws, those claws, those claws."
From BBC • Sep. 14, 2024
Then I reached over to tousle his hair and found it was completely wet.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2022
With his Little Prince notebook and his 2am tousle, he could still pass for a student, even at 42, with a shelf full of silverware.
From The Guardian • May 10, 2019
Clooney has crafted a fascinating exterior shell: the great clothes, the tousle of hair, the slash of red lipstick, the barrister wig.
From Washington Post • Apr. 11, 2018
She’ll tousle Werner’s hair; she’ll whisper, “They’ll say you’re too little, Werner, that you’re from nowhere, that you shouldn’t dream big. But I believe in you. I think you’ll do something great.”
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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