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ɪdʒ verb (used with object)
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)
3.
to search actively, as in a place or receptacle or within oneself: She rummaged in her mind for the forgotten name.
noun
4.
miscellaneous articles; odds and ends.
5.
a rummaging search.
Origin:
1520–30; aphetic alteration of Middle French arrumage, equivalent to arrum(er) to stow goods in the hold of a ship (< ?) + -age -age
1520–30; aphetic alteration of Middle French arrumage, equivalent to arrum(er) to stow goods in the hold of a ship (< ?) + -age -age
Related forms
rum·mag·er, noun
un·rum·maged, adjective
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| —vb (when intr | |
| 1. | to search (through) while looking for something, often causing disorder or confusion |
| —n | |
| 2. | an act of rummaging |
| 3. | a jumble of articles |
| 4. | 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] | |
| 'rummager | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
rummage
1526, "act of arranging cargo in a ship," aphetic of M.Fr. arrumage "arrangement of cargo," from arrumer "to stow goods in the hold of a ship," from a- "to" + rumer, probably from Gmc. (cf. O.N. rum "compartment in a ship," O.H.G. rum "space," O.E. rum, see room). Meaning "to
search (the hold of a ship) thoroughly" first recorded 1628. Rummage sale (1858) originally was a sale at docks of unclaimed goods.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
She jumped out of the hammock and ran down to the bank to rummage for a good strong replacement.
Ask him to explore an idea and he'll rummage happily.
Reality is a natural place to rummage for ideas for a television producer who is out of writers to provide them.
Take an instant vacation from the workaday world rummage through the musical library in your pocket.
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