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rummage

[ ruhm-ij ]

verb (used with object)

rummaged, rummaging.
  1. to search thoroughly or actively through (a place, receptacle, etc.), especially by moving around, turning over, or looking through contents.
  2. to find, bring, or fetch by searching (often followed by out or up ).


verb (used without object)

rummaged, rummaging.
  1. to search actively, as in a place or receptacle or within oneself:

    She rummaged in her mind for the forgotten name.

noun

  1. miscellaneous articles; odds and ends.
  2. a rummaging search.

rummage

/ ˈ°ùÊŒ³¾Éª»åÏô /

verb

  1. whenintr, often foll by through to search (through) while looking for something, often causing disorder or confusion
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. an act of rummaging
  2. a jumble of articles
  3. obsolete.
    confusion or bustle
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ°ù³Ü³¾³¾²¹²µ±ð°ù, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • °ù³Ü³¾î€ƒm²¹²µÂ·±ð°ù noun
  • ³Ü²Ô·°ù³Ü³¾î€ƒm²¹²µ±ð»å adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of rummage1

1520–30; aphetic alteration of Middle French arrumage, equivalent to arrum ( er ) to stow goods in the hold of a ship (< ?) + -age -age
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of rummage1

C14 (in the sense: to pack a cargo): from Old French arrumage , from arrumer to stow in a ship's hold, probably of Germanic origin
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Sean and I shoved her rompers and sleep sacks into a backpack, rummaged through our clothes and grabbed enough underwear for an indeterminable amount of time away.

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The trial was told how paramedics rummaged through drawers and blood was transferred to a light switch.

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Did any of us consent to having the current regime allegedly rummaging around in the databases belonging to the Treasury Department — you know, the people we pay our taxes to?

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St. John rummaged with his bare hands through broken beams and burnt kitchen appliances, hopeful that he’d be able to salvage something to remember the pizzeria as it once was.

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William Harris, rummaging through the rubble of the completely destroyed home where he had recently installed solar panels, pointed out picture frames that remained on the fireplace mantle.

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