rouse
verb / noun
Meaning
- verbTo cause (something) to be (more) active or to move; to agitate, to stir up. To stir (a liquid, especially beer in the brewing process). To provoke (someone) to react (for example, in anger or annoyance); to spur; also, to annoy, to tease.
Example:
to rouse the emotions or passions
- nounAn act of causing something to be (more) active or to move; a shakeup, a stir; also , a commotion, a disturbance.
- nounA full or large cup or glass of an alcoholic beverage, especially when drunk as a toast; a bumper.
Example:
to give a rouse to take one’s rouse
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Common
- #1,545 of 8,600 five-letter words by how often they're used
- Can be a Play Five answer
- As a first guess
- Tests likely letters better than 96% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 3 · Different letters: 5 · Repeated letters: None