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What (who) is roust - definition
roust
(rousts, rousting, rousted)
If you roust someone, you disturb, upset, or hit them, or make them move from their place. (AM)
Relax, kid, we're not about to roust you. We just want some information...
Bruce had gone to bed, but they rousted him out.
VERB: V n, V n out, also V n from n
roust
[ra?st]
¦ verb N. Amer. informal
1. cause to get up or start moving; rouse.
2. treat roughly; harass.
Origin
C17: perh. an alt. of rouse.
Wikipedia
Roust
Rost is a Bengali dish, possibly originating in Old Dhaka, Bangladesh (Eastern Bengal, now Bangladesh). The dish is influenced by the Mughlai cuisine of the Mughal Empire.
Examples of use of roust
1. In the morning, dogs roaming the neighborhood would enter the yard and roust him from sleep.
2. More than 11,000 American, British, Canadian, and Afghan troops aim to roust insurgents from their strongholds in the south.
3. They will attack if you startle them, roust a mother with cubs, or interrupt one eating a carcass.
4. The Reaper, with its longer range and speed, is well suited to roust Taliban fighters from Afghanistan‘s vast and mountainous terrain, said Brig.
5. Next in line to roust Phil from his stump on Gobbler‘s Knob were John Griffiths and Ben Hughes, Punxsutawney Groundhog Club Inner Circle members.