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Jousted vs Rousted - What's the difference?

jousted | rousted |

As verbs the difference between jousted and rousted

is that jousted is past tense of joust while rousted is past tense of roust.

jousted

English

Verb

(head)
  • (joust)

    • joust

    English

    (Jousting)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A tilting match: a mock combat between two mounted knights or men-at-arms using lances in the lists or enclosed field.

    • Synonyms

    * tilt

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To engage in mock combat on horseback, as two knights in the lists; to tilt.

    • Derived terms

    * jouster

    rousted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (roust)

    • Anagrams

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    roust

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to rout out of bed; to rouse
  • * 1884 : (Mark Twain), (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn), Chapter VII
  • *:"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.
  • *1962 , , 00:28:45
  • *: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 .
  • (slang) to arrest

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A strong tide or current, especially in a narrow channel.
    • (Jamieson)

    Synonyms

    * roost, rost

    Anagrams

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