rummage (verb)

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• rummage — ► VERB ▪ search unsystematically and untidily for something. ► NOUN ▪ an act of rummaging. ORIGIN originally referring to the arranging of items in the hold of a ship: from Old French arrumer stow in a hold …   English terms dictionary

• rummage — verb search unsystematically and untidily for something. ↘make a thorough search of (a vessel). noun an act of rummaging. Derivatives rummager noun Word History Rummage came into English in the late 15th century, from the Old French word arrumage …   English new terms dictionary

• rummage — verb he rummaged through Stacey s bureau drawers Syn: search (through), hunt through, root about/around (in), ferret about/around (in), fish about/around (in), poke around (in), dig through, delve through, go through, explore, sift through, rifle …   Thesaurus of popular words

• rummage — [[t]rʌ̱mɪʤ[/t]] rummages, rummaging, rummaged 1) VERB If you rummage through something, you search for something you want by moving things around in a careless or hurried way. [V prep] They rummage through piles of second hand clothes for… …   English dictionary

• rummage — I UK [ˈrʌmɪdʒ] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms rummage : present tense I/you/we/they rummage he/she/it rummages present participle rummaging past tense rummaged past participle rummaged to search for something among a lot of other things… …   English dictionary

• rummage — [c]/ˈrʌmɪdʒ / (say rumij) verb (rummaged, rummaging) –verb (t) 1. to search thoroughly or actively through (a place, receptacle, etc.), especially by moving about, turning over, or looking through contents. –verb (i) 2. to search actively, as in… …  

• rummage — [16] Rummage is etymologically ‘roomage’. It originally denoted the ‘stowage of 431 rut cargo in a ship’s hold’. It came from Anglo Norman *rumage, a reduced form of Old French arrumage. This was derived from the verb arrumer ‘stow in a hold’,… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• rummage — [16] Rummage is etymologically ‘roomage’. It originally denoted the ‘stowage of cargo in a ship’s hold’. It came from Anglo Norman *rumage, a reduced form of Old French arrumage. This was derived from the verb arrumer ‘stow in a hold’, which… …   Word origins

• rummage — 1 verb (intransitive always + adv/prep) also rummage around to search for something by moving things around in a careless way (+ in/through etc): Looks like someone s been rummaging around in my desk. 2 noun 1 have a rummage informal to rummage 2 …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• rummage — I. verb (rummaged; rummaging) Etymology: 2rummage Date: 1582 intransitive verb 1. to make a thorough search or investigation 2. to engage in an undirected or haphazard search transitive verb 1. to make a thorough search through …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• rummage — rum|mage1 [ rʌmıdʒ ] verb intransitive to search for something among a lot of other things: rummage in/through: She rummaged in a drawer for some aspirin. rummage rum|mage 2 [ rʌmıdʒ ] noun 1. ) count a search for something among a lot of other… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English