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rummage
[ ruhm-ij ]
verb (used with object)
- 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 ).
verb (used without object)
- to search actively, as in a place or receptacle or within oneself:
She rummaged in her mind for the forgotten name.
noun
- miscellaneous articles; odds and ends.
- a rummaging search.
rummage
/ ˈrʌmɪdʒ /
verb
- whenintr, often foll by through to search (through) while looking for something, often causing disorder or confusion
noun
- an act of rummaging
- a jumble of articles
- obsolete.confusion or bustle
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Derived Forms
- ˈrummager, noun
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Other Words From
- rummag·er noun
- un·rummaged adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of rummage1
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Example Sentences
Another leaned forward at that point to rummage in her bag for a mint.
Malamo Voulgaropoulou, a former singer now in her 80s, is one of many pensioners who rummage through dumpsters for food.
Previously, 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."
Utterly irrelevantly, Stanton brushed him aside, and began to rummage anxiously among the books on his table.
Mzli laid both books on the lion skin and began to rummage through her pockets.
Then—for I was fretting to see and rummage over my new home with a measuring tape in my hands—we arranged to drive over.
It would be meritorious not to leave a trace of pious men who rummage in your stomachs!
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