Words that rhyme with foust

n 1: the act of giving hope or support to someone [syn: boost, encouragement] 2: an increase in cost; "they asked for a 10% rise in rates" [syn: rise, boost, hike, cost increase] 3: the act of giving a push; "he gave her a boost over the fence" v 1: increase; "The landlord hiked up the rents" [syn: hike, hike up, boost] 2: give a boost to; be beneficial to; "The tax cut will boost the economy" 3: contribute to the progress or growth of; "I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom" [syn: promote, advance, boost, further, encourage] 4: increase or raise; "boost the voltage in an electrical circuit" [syn: boost, advance, supercharge] 5: push or shove upward, as if from below or behind; "The singer had to be boosted onto the stage by a special contraption"

adj 1: expletives used informally as intensifiers; "he's a blasted idiot"; "it's a blamed shame"; "a blame cold winter"; "not a blessed dime"; "I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing"; "he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool"; "a deuced idiot"; "an infernal nuisance" [syn: blasted, blame, blamed, blessed, damn, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal]

adj 1: brought about or caused; not spontaneous; "a case of steroid-induced weakness" [ant: self-generated, spontaneous]

n 1: a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances [syn: joust, tilt] v 1: joust against somebody in a tournament by fighting on horseback

n 1: warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California [syn: spiny lobster, langouste, rock lobster, crayfish] 2: large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters [syn: spiny lobster, langouste, rock lobster, crawfish, crayfish, sea crawfish]

v 1: remove from a position or office; "The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds" [syn: oust, throw out, drum out, boot out, kick out, expel] 2: remove and replace; "The word processor has ousted the typewriter"

adj 1: made less in size or amount or degree [syn: decreased, reduced] [ant: increased] 2: well below normal (especially in price) [syn: reduced, rock-bottom]

n 1: a shelter with perches for fowl or other birds 2: a perch on which domestic fowl rest or sleep v 1: sit, as on a branch; "The birds perched high in the tree" [syn: perch, roost, rest] 2: settle down or stay, as if on a roost

adj 1: not yet used or soiled; "a fresh shirt"; "a fresh sheet of paper"; "an unused envelope" [syn: fresh, unused] 2: not yet put into use; "we bought an unused car for a change" 3: not in active use; "the machinery sat idle during the strike"; "idle hands" [syn: idle, unused] 4: infrequently exposed to; "feet unused to shoes"

adj 1: employed in accomplishing something; "the principle of surprise is the most used and misused of all the principles of war"- H.H.Arnold & I.C.Eaker [ant: misused] 2: of persons; taken advantage of; "after going out of his way to help his friend get the job he felt not appreciated but used" [syn: exploited, ill-used, put-upon, used, victimized, victimised] 3: previously used or owned by another; "bought a secondhand (or used) car" [syn: secondhand, used]

n 1: French novelist (1871-1922) [syn: Proust, Marcel Proust]

n 1: an alchemist of German legend who sold his soul to Mephistopheles in exchange for knowledge [syn: Faust, Faustus]