roust

About 0.03 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To rout out of bed; to rouse.
2. verb To harass, to treat in a rough way.
3. verb To arrest.
4. verb To drive strongly. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
5. noun A strong tide or current, especially in a narrow channel.

Similar words

drop rout unbed rear unroost ruff ruffle up ross ouster roughen

Often followed by

be have out the him them me you a not

Word family

rousted rousting rousts