rummage
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rum·mage
(rŭm′ĭj)v. rum·maged, rum·mag·ing, rum·mag·es
v.tr.
1. To search thoroughly by handling, turning over, or disarranging the contents of.
2. To discover by searching thoroughly.
v.intr.
To make an energetic, usually hasty search.
n.
1. A thorough search among a number of things.
2. A confusion of miscellaneous articles.
[From earlier romage, act of packing cargo, from French arrumage, from Old French, from arumer, to stow, from Old Provençal arumar : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + perhaps run, ship's hold (of Germanic origin; see reuə- in Indo-European roots).]
rum′mag·er n.
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rummage
(ˈrʌmɪdʒ)vb
(when: intr, often foll by through) to search (through) while looking for something, often causing disorder or confusion
n
1. an act of rummaging
2. a jumble of articles
3. obsolete confusion or bustle
[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]
ˈrummager n
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rum•mage
(ˈrʌm ɪdʒ)v. -maged, -mag•ing,
n. v.t.
1. to search thoroughly or actively through, esp. by moving around, turning over, or looking through contents.
2. to find, bring, or fetch by searching (often fol. by out or up).
v.i. 3. to search actively, as in a place or receptacle or within oneself.
n. 4. miscellaneous articles; odds and ends.
5. a rummaging search.
[1520–30; earlier, arrangement of cargo in a ship, aph. alter. of Middle French arrumage]
rum′mag•er, n.
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Rummage
miscellaneous articles; lumber; rubbish, 1598.Example: good riddance to bad rummage, 1880.
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rummage
Past participle: rummaged
Gerund: rummaging
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| Noun | 1. |  rummage - a jumble of things to be given away |
| 2. | rummage - a thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion); "he gave the attic a good rummage but couldn't find his skis" | |
| Verb | 1. | rummage - search haphazardly; "We rummaged through the drawers" search - subject to a search; "The police searched the suspect"; "We searched the whole house for the missing keys" |
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rummage
verb search, hunt, root, explore, delve, examine, ransack, forage, fossick (Austral. & N.Z.), rootle They rummage through piles of second-hand clothes.
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rummage
verbTo make a thorough search of:
Slang: shake down.
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[ˈrʌmɪdʒ]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
rummage
(ˈramidʒ) verb to search by turning things out or over. He rummaged in the drawer for a clean shirt.hurgar, revolver, remover
noun a thorough search. acción de hurgar/revolver/remover
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