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Definitions for Rummage
[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 ).
[3] to search actively, as in a place or receptacle or within oneself: She rummaged in her mind for the forgotten name.
[4] miscellaneous articles; odds and ends.
[5] a rummaging search.
[6] (when intr , often foll by through ) to search (through) while looking for something, often causing disorder or confusion
[7] an act of rummaging
[8] a jumble of articles
[9] obsolete confusion or bustle
Words related to Rummage
comb, forage, poke, scour, jumble, spy, disturb, rake, disarray, grub, toss, seek, hunt, disorganize, explore, root, examine, shake, disorder, delve
Words nearby Rummage
rumford, rumi, ruminant, ruminate, ruml, rummage, rummage out, rummage sale, rummer, rummy, rumor
Origin of Rummage
1520–30; aphetic alteration of Middle French arrumage, equivalent to arrum(er ) to stow goods in the hold of a ship (< ?) + -age -age
Other words from Rummage
rum·mag·er , noun
un·rum·maged , adjective
Word origin for Rummage
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
Synonyms for Rummage
comb, forage, poke, scour, delve, disarrange, disarray, disorder, disorganize, disrupt, disturb, examine, explore, fish, grub, hunt, jumble, rake, root, seek, shake, spy, toss, beat the bushes, dig out, ferret out, leave no stone unturned, look high and low, mess up, mix up, search high heaven, shake down, turn inside out, turn upside down