rummage
to search thoroughly or actively through (a place, receptacle, etc.), especially by moving around, turning over, or looking through contents.
to find, bring, or fetch by searching (often followed by out or up).
to search actively, as in a place or receptacle or within oneself: She rummaged in her mind for the forgotten name.
miscellaneous articles; odds and ends.
a rummaging search.
Origin of rummage
1Other words from rummage
- rum·mag·er, noun
- un·rum·maged, adjective
Words Nearby rummage
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How to use rummage in a sentence
Another leaned forward at that point to rummage in her bag for a mint.
George Zimmerman Trial: The Prosecution’s Dramatic Closing Arguments | Jacqui Goddard | July 11, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTMalamo Voulgaropoulou, a former singer now in her 80s, is one of many pensioners who rummage through dumpsters for food.
Greece on the Brink of Financial Abyss as Syriza Party Weighs Default | John Psaropoulos | May 12, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTPreviously, Anderson had enraged Hoover by assigning a reporter to rummage through his trash at home.
She arose to go, then sat down again and said, "I hope you will be able to attend our rummage Sale."
The Cromptons | Mary J. HolmesUtterly irrelevantly, Stanton brushed him aside, and began to rummage anxiously among the books on his table.
Molly Make-Believe | Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
Mzli laid both books on the lion skin and began to rummage through her pockets.
Maezli | Johanna SpyriThen—for I was fretting to see and rummage over my new home with a measuring tape in my hands—we arranged to drive over.
Thirty Years in Australia | Ada CambridgeIt would be meritorious not to leave a trace of pious men who rummage in your stomachs!
British Dictionary definitions for rummage
/ (ˈrʌmɪdʒ) /
(when intr , often foll by through) to search (through) while looking for something, often causing disorder or confusion
an act of rummaging
a jumble of articles
obsolete confusion or bustle
Origin of rummage
1Derived forms of rummage
- rummager, noun
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