louse

Plural: lice, louses

Noun

• A small, wingless parasitic insect that infests mammals and birds.
• wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals
• a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect
• any of several small insects especially aphids that feed by sucking the juices from plants
• wingless insect with mouth parts adapted for biting; mostly parasitic on birds
• A small parasitic wingless insect of the order Psocodea.
• A contemptible person; one who is deceitful or causes harm.

Verb

Verb Forms: loused, lousing, louses

• To spoil or bungle something; to mess up.
• To remove lice from; to delouse.

Examples

• He managed to LOUSE up his perfect game with one careless tile placement.
• Playing the word LOUSE felt a bit unsavory, but it cleared his rack for a big score.

Synonyms

bird louse, biting louse, dirt ball, insect, plant louse, sucking louse, worm, arithmetic bug, cootie, delouse, leaping dandruff, maggot

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