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roosting

verb

Meaning

  1. (of birds or bats) To settle on a perch in order to sleep or rest
  2. To spend the night
  3. The place or period where a creature roosts.
  4. To rout out of bed; to rouse
  5. To harass, to treat in a rough way.
  6. To arrest
  7. To drive strongly

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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