frowse

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verb

To cause to be scruffy or untidy; to rumple or tangle.

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Meanings

verbfrowse (third-person singular simple present frowses, present participle frowsing, simple past and past participle frowsed)

present singular third person frowses · participle present frowsing · participle past frowsed · past frowsed

  1. transitiveTo cause to be scruffy or untidy; to rumple or tangle.
  2. intransitiveTo move or be in a scruffy state or manner.

    Podson, yawning and frowsing out of his blanket, gaped at this ultimatum in the dawn.

    1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 88

Origin

Back-formation from frowsy.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

frowse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frowse

MLA

“frowse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frowse. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “frowse,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frowse.

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