louse up
To mess up; to confuse; to put into a state of disorder.
To be loused up by Humbolt was really a kind of privilege. It was like being the subject of a two-nosed portrait by Picasso, or an eviscerated chicken by Soutine.
louse
/laʊs/
noun 2verb 1
Collocations
3ADJ.
loose, pic, plural, unseen
VERB + LOUSE
form
LOUSE + NOUN
lice, themselves
Definitions
noun
1
A small parasitic wingless insect of the order Psocodea.
2
A contemptible person; one who is deceitful or causes harm.
He said: "Thanks, friend; but you're wasting your time. You better warn Crocker. If that louse makes a play for me, he'll get hit with Chicago lightning!"
It's then that those louses go back to their spouses. Diamonds are a girl's best friend.
verb
1
To remove lice from; to delouse.
There were a few wire-netted enclosures to keep young chickens from the hawks, but the fowls wandered at large, coming about the hut to ruffle their feathers in the dust, and louse themselves, and pick up scraps.
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Idioms & Phrases
three skips of a louse
The worth of some trifling or insignificant matter; a whit or jot of value.
’Tis not that I value the money three skips of a louse: But the thing I stand upon is the credit of the house.
Example Bank
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He said: "Thanks, friend; but you're wasting your time. You better warn Crocker. If that louse makes a play for me, he'll get hit with Chicago lightning!"
Wiktionary02
It's then that those louses go back to their spouses. Diamonds are a girl's best friend.
Wiktionary03
[…] as she raised her guitar for the last loud chord, an unseen louse let loose a rubber-tipped arrow that landed right on her dark-skinned forehead.
Wiktionary04
There were a few wire-netted enclosures to keep young chickens from the hawks, but the fowls wandered at large, coming about the hut to ruffle their feathers in the dust, and louse themselves, and pic
Wiktionary05
The plural form of "louse" is "lice".
Tatoeba · #32928106
I'm fascinated by the evolutionary history of the louse.
Tatoeba · #9548999Usage Notes
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In some senses, louse is marked as dated, colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.
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