rouse

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 1
   An arousal.
2. 2
   The sounding of a bugle in the morning after reveille, to signal that soldiers are to rise from bed, often the rouse.
3. 3
   An official ceremony over drinks.
4. 4
   A carousal; a festival; a drinking frolic.
5. 5
   Wine or other liquor considered an inducement to mirth or drunkenness; a full glass; a bumper.

Verb

1. 1
   To wake (someone) from sleep, or from apathy.
2. 2
   To be awoken from sleep, or from apathy.
3. 3
   To cause, stir up, excite (a feeling, thought, etc.).
4. 4
   To provoke (someone) to action or anger.
5. 5
   To cause to start from a covert or lurking place.
6. 6
   To pull by main strength; to haul.
7. 7
   To raise; to make erect.
8. 8
   To tell off; to criticise.

Proper noun

1. 1
   A surname.
2. 2
   A census-designated place in Stanislaus County, California, United States.
3. 3
   An unincorporated community in the town of Anderson, Iron County, Wisconsin.