chouse /t͡ʃaʊ̯s/noun 3verb 4forms 3 noun3 •(no longer used) A trick; a sham. •(no longer used) A swindler.By this hand of flesh, Would it might never write good court-hand more, If I discover . What do you think of me, That I am a chouse? — 1610 •(no longer used) One who is easily cheated; a gullible person.He that with injury is griev'd, And goes to law to be reliev'd, Is sillier than a sottish chouse Who , when a thief has robb'd his house, Applies himself to cunning men, To help him to his goods agen — 1662 verb4 •(US) To handle roughly, as by chasing or scaring. •(US) To cause undesirable activity in livestock, such as running. •(US) To handle, to take care of. •(no longer used) To cheat, to trick.This is some conspiracy, I suppose, to bam, to chouse me out of my money — 1774 formschoused · chousing · chouses
