transitive verb roused, rousing rous′·ing

1. to cause (game) to rise from cover, come out of a lair, etc.; stir up to flight or attack
2. to stir up, as to anger or action; excite
3. to cause to come out of a state of sleep, repose, unconsciousness, etc.; wake
4. Naut. to pull with force, esp. by hand; haul

Etymology: LME rowsen: orig. technical term in hawking & hunting, hence prob. < Anglo-Fr or OFr

intransitive verb

1. to rise from cover, etc.: said of game
2. to come out of a state of sleep, repose, etc.; wake
3. to become active

noun

1. the act of rousing
2. a violent stir

noun

1. a drink of liquor
2. a carousal

Etymology: aphetic for carouse (from mistaking drink carouse as drink a rouse)