verb
roust
ROUST/raʊst/
To force someone up and into motion.
The caretaker rousts campers out of their tents at dawn.
Etymology
Roust is probably an alteration of rouse, a verb used for making game rise from cover. That image connects waking or stirring people with making them get up and move out.
In context
… locals are trying to roust them yeah yeah and uh the hero the cossack uh comes his defense …
More examples
- Dad rousts me out of bed before sunrise.
- The coach rousted us off the bench and onto the field.
- Security guards are rousting the last visitors from the building.
Forms
roust · rousts · rousted · rousting