fossick (redirected from fossicks)

fos·sick  (fsk)

v. fos·sicked, fos·sick·ing, fos·sicks Australian

v.intr.

1. To search for gold, especially by reworking washings or waste piles.

2. To rummage or search around, especially for a possible profit.

v.tr.

To search for by or as if by rummaging.

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[English dialectal, to find out, dig up.]

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fossick·er n.

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fossick

Verb

Austral & NZ

1. to search for gold or precious stones in abandoned workings, rivers, etc.

2. to search for, through, or in something; to forage [probably from English dialect fussock to bustle about]

Thesaurus

fossick

verb Austral., N.Z. search, hunt, explore, ferret, check, forage, rummage